My Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) bill gives employed parents the entitlement, in law, to two weeks’ paid leave if they lose a child under the age of 18 or suffer a stillbirth after 24 weeks.

I am very concerned about the reduction in health services at Scarborough Hospital available to people living in the more rural parts of my constituency. Many are having to travel through to York for medical care.

After many months of campaigning I was delighted that the former Lambert Hospital in Thirsk has finally and permanently been secured for community use.

Following a number of meetings about poor mobile network coverage in some of the more remote parts of the constituency, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Jeremy Wright MP, has made it clear that he is prepared to force network operators to enable roaming between provid

I was delighted when the Environemnt Agency confirmed in January that fishermen will have an extra two months to fish for sea trout in Filey in 2019. This came as excellent news for this wonderful seaside town.

From the moment I took my seat in Parliament I have been campaigning for improved investment in northern transport. The gap between what is spent in the North compared to the South is wholly unacceptable.

I welcome today’s Government announcement that a single devolution deal for the whole of Yorkshire, known as One Yorkshire, has been rejected.

The Work and Pensions Secretary, Amber Rudd MP, has agreed to look again at the system of payments for Universal Credit (UC) following a meeting I had with her in Westminster.

This week, I have added my support for regulatory reform for bailiffs.