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With only six weeks until Brexit is due on March 29 I thought it would be helpful to explain what MPs are currently saying and what they really mean.

This week I attended a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Rail Group to discuss the Government’s Rail Review.

This week the House of Commons clarified its view on Brexit.

A century ago the Sussex poet and writer Hilaire Belloc described Arundel and the Arun Valley as ‘the jewel for which the whole county of Sussex was made and the ornament worthy of its setting’.

I voted for the Prime Minister’s deal to: firstly, implement the referendum decision and deliver an orderly, pragmatic Brexit; secondly, to avoid uncertainty and delay which would be bad for jobs and confidence; thirdly, to prevent no-deal which would be an unacceptable risk; and, finally, to reject a divisive second referendum.

When I was first elected thirteen and a half years ago, when Labour was in power, the future of our local hospitals was a huge issue.

The House of Commons returns from its recess on Monday, and the debate on Brexit will resume on Wednesday. I hope to speak before the postponed meaningful vote takes place the following week.

Each year I ask a school in my constituency to run a competition between the pupils to paint a scene for my Christmas card.

This week I was expecting to speak in the Commons on the Brexit deal, but of course the vote was deferred.

The Brexit debate continues and I will be speaking in the Commons debate on Tuesday, the day of the ‘meaningful vote’.

On Monday I once again supported the Prime Minister in the House of Commons when she made her statement on the Brexit deal which she was able to agree with the EU last weekend.

I supported the Prime Minister in the House of Commons last week when she made her statement on Brexit.

One of the outstanding images of the Armistice Day centenary has been the silhouettes of Tommies which have appeared all over the country as part of the There But Not There campaign.

Across West Sussex on Sunday, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the Last Post will sound as we remember the moment when, a century ago, the guns of Europe fell silent.

Three cheers for a Budget which delivered so many of the things which local people told me they wanted to see. I believe support for the high streets in our small market towns will be especially welcome.

Last Saturday a number of my constituents attended the march in London for a second Brexit referendum. I appreciate that they feel strongly about the issue, and they want me to side with them.

I am so pleased the Environment Agency is to accelerate a flood defence scheme in Arundel and include repairs to the collapsed wall at River Road.

On Saturday I attended an event hosted by Nyetimber to celebrate 30 years of the winery.

I believe that concerns about immigration were a key driver behind the referendum vote to leave the European Union.