Yesterday I asked the Secretary of State for Health to challenge the Care Quality Commission’s decision not to publish the names of those responsible for the Morecambe Bay hospital scandal.

At yesterday’s Cabinet Office Questions, I asked the Minister about the reform of the appointment of permanent secretaries in Government Departments, in light of recent reports from the Institute of Government and the Institute for Public Policy Research.

In light of recent disclosures of classified US documents I asked the foreign secretary a question regarding data protection and the proposed EU- America trade deal.

The Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau has been working hard to highlight the problems with payday loans and to hold the lenders to account.

My Labour Party colleagues and I have consistently supported the inclusion of a clear target to decarbonise Britain’s power sector by 2030. Ed Miliband, who as Energy Secretary in the last Labour Government passed the Climate Change Act, was the first and only leader of a British political party to commit to decarbonising the power sector.

Yesterday there was an opposition day debate on the current A&E crisis, I thought it was disappointing that it was left to Labour to bring this pressing matter up for debate.

Here is a short video explaining my view on the European Union and the benefits it brings to the UK.

Yesterday there was a debate on Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) in Westminster Hall, I made an intervention to point out that local interests must be considered when it comes to involving fishermen and other sea users in the planning of MCZs.

Yesterday the Commons considered several amendments to the Equal Marriage Bill. Several opponents of the bill had argued that the bill would cause problems for some teachers and schools, I spoke to point out that the Government’s Education Secretary had previously said he would not have supported the bill if it had posed any threat to freedom of speech for teachers.

Today I asked questions in the house on the badger cull, flood insurance and equal marriage. These are three areas which my constituents have expressed a great deal of concern over.