The Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Act was first passed in 2009.

As the Arts Minister I strongly support the teaching of the Arts in schools. The creative arts give young people vital life skills, improves confidence and builds teamwork experience.

Friday, 8th March marked this year’s International Women’s Day, a day where we stand together and celebrate the tremendous achievements of women up and down this country.

Every September some 40,000 volunteers across England organise thousands of events to celebrate the breath-taking heritage of this country – the Heritage Open Days campaign.

As the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism I have responsibilities on a broad range of policy areas from promoting the UK as a tourist destination, to the protection of heritage buildings, to supporting our world class culture sector.

The UK ranks number one in the world in terms of ‘soft power’ (the ability to affect others to obtain preferred outcomes by the co-optive means of framing the agenda, persuasion and positive attraction) and this is, in part, due to the investment that we put into aiding other countries.

In October 2018 the owner of Leicester City Football Club, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, along with four others, was killed in a helicopter crash when leaving the club grounds in Leicester.

In my nearly nine years as the Member of Parliament for Northampton North I have visited every school in my constituency a number of times. I always enjoy visiting schools and talking to pupils about democracy, Parliament and my work as an MP and Government Minister.

On Thursday, 7th February the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock MP, visited Northampton General Hospital (NGH) at my invitation.

It is quite shocking and totally unacceptable that the UK has seen an increasing amount of anti-Jewish hatred in recent years.