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This weekend I had the pleasure of helping to visit and promote some wonderful small businesses around Salisbury and South Wiltshire on Small Business Saturday.

Following four and a half years as city minister, with another year as PPS to former chancellor (now Lord) Philip Hammond, not walking into HM Treasury in Horseguards every morning will take some adjustment.

I would like to pay tribute to the life of dedicated service of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

She has been the cornerstone of our national life, the reassuring presence through war and peace, through seven decades of change.

I am delighted to see that figures published this June show that our local economic outlook is improving, with the Salisbury claimant count down 895 people on this time last year. Evidently, serious economic challenges still remain.

I am proud to be supporting a great, local, Downton based charity with their vision to ensure that every child has the access they need to the education they deserve.

Dear Prime Minister,

After much thought and with deep regret I must inform you that I have made the difficult decision to resign from the government.

As the UK economy continues its recovery from the pandemic, we must confront the global inflationary pressures caused by the world economy finding its feet once more.

Numerous constituents have taken the time to accuse me, sometimes in pretty florid terms, of voting to pump raw sewage into rivers.

Of course, I did no such thing.

Ahead of COP26, which will be held in Glasgow at the end of October, I met with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution to discuss their plans for securing a cost-effective and efficient transition to net zero for Salisbury.

Occasionally, constituents profess disappointment that, as a minister, I am unable to speak from the backbenches in Commons debates.