Yesterday marked the end of another successful Great British Asparagus Festival and I asked the Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom, if we could have a debate to celebrate great British farming and great British produce like the Vale of Evesham's famous asparagus.

This weekend I went to Droitwich Spa Cricket Club to meet young participants of the All Stars programme. All Stars is a nationwide English Cricket Board (ECB) initiative to get young people into cricket and with over 100 children signed up, Droitwich has the second highest intake in the country.

I had a fun day out at the annual Three Counties Show in Malvern on Sunday.

It was the sixth annual Droitwich Spa Food and Drink Festival on Saturday and, as ever, the event was a huge success. I was honoured to introduce Great British Bake Off finalist Steven Carter-Bailey who officially opened the festival at the Lido Park in Droitwich.

On Friday I met with Robert Candy, the Chief Executive of the Scaffolding Association.

Today the Home Secretary – Sajid Javid MP – announced that more highly skilled doctors and nurses would be allowed to enter the country through the Tier 2 visa route.

£8 million has been made available to the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust by NHS England to fund the refurbishment of the Aconbury wards in Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

Earlier this week, a Written Statement was published by the Minister for Disabled People about Personal Independence Payments (PIP).

I was delighted to join the Scouts at their reception - 'Skills for Life: Our plan to prepare better futures' - at the Speaker's House in Parliament on Wednesday 23rd May.

Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, which is responsible for community nursing, therapy and mental health services in Worcestershire, has been placed in ‘Segment 1’ by an independent organisation called NHS Improvement which supports Trusts across the country to provide safe care to patient