On Friday, it was lovely to meet Mary and the team at NN Cresswell Buses and Coaches in Evesham to discuss local transport provision and regulation issues.

I and other Worcestershire MPs - Rachel Maclean, Robin Walker and Mark Garnier - spent yesterday morning with Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Chief Executive Matthew Hopkins and his team discussing the performance of - and future plans for - our local hospitals. It was a very useful meeting.

Have a look at this week's video update on some of the things I've been up to in the constituency and in Parliament.

This week in Parliament, I had the honour of signing the Holocaust Educational Trust's Book of Commitment.

I'm thrilled to hear that the number of pubs in the UK has risen for the first time in a decade. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has recently released a report which shows that after a consistent and worrying trend of pub closures, the pub industry seems to be recovering.

On Friday, I visited the Droitwich Spa Foodbank, whose volunteers work diligently and consistently for the community.

I enjoyed spending time on Friday with local Droitwich historian and author, Andrew Harris.

We discussed his three volume biography of Sir John Somerset Pakington - the MP for Droitwich from 1837 to 1874.

For those of you who want to be kept up to date with what has happened in UK Parliament and Westminster since the General Election, do check this video.

I'm deeply excited to see the newly reintroduced Games Bill back in Parliament, which confirms Birmingham as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.  This Bill will legislate preparations for Birmingham holding the Commonwealth Games in two and a half years’ time.

On Friday, I had a fascinating trip to the state of the art tomato growing facility at Evesham Vale Growers. 

As you can see from the pictures, the results are really quite amazing!