Michael Hosts Parliamentary Debate on Northampton Music Education Wednesday, 24 April, 2024 Regular readers of my updates may remember that I recently met Peter Smalley, the CEO of the Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust (NMPAT) to discuss how changes to funding grants for the Teacher’s Pension Scheme will affect NMPAT and music hubs up and down the country. Following on from this meeting, I was able to secure around 45 minutes of debate time in the chamber of the House of... Westminster News
Michael Celebrates International Women’s Day 11th March 2019 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... Local News
Michael Thanks Local Heritage Open Days Volunteers 11th March 2019 Every September some 40,000 volunteers across England organise thousands of events to celebrate the breath-taking heritage of this country – the Heritage Open... Local News
Protecting Heritage Sites and Celebrating Women in Police: Michael’s Ministerial Duties 25th February 2019 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... Westminster News
Michael Opens the Cultural Protection Fund Exhibition 25th February 2019 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... Westminster News
Michael Pays Respects Following Leicester Helicopter Crash 25th February 2019 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... Westminster News
Michael’s School Visits 25th February 2019 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... Local News
Michael Invites Health Secretary to Northampton General Hospital 11th February 2019 On Thursday, 7th February the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock MP, visited Northampton General Hospital (NGH) at my invitation. I... Local News
Anti-Jewish Racism Must Be Addressed 11th February 2019 It is quite shocking and totally unacceptable that the UK has seen an increasing amount of anti-Jewish hatred in recent years. The Community Security Trust (CST... Westminster News
Michael From the Despatch Box: Rejecting a Tourism Tax 11th February 2019 Tourism contributes about 10% of our GDP, is worth £67 billion a year to the nation’s finances, and supports over 1.5 million jobs in this country. As the... Westminster News