Responding for the Government in a debate called by Nicky Morgan, the MP for Loughborough, about the important role of communities in the local planning process.

I respond in a Westminster Hall debate about children's playgrounds called by Chris Leslie, MP for Nottingham East

With colleagues at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, I answer questions from backbenchers

I update the select committee covering my department on progress with the Government's plans for Business Rates Retention by local councils.

I respond for the Government in a debate called by Kate Hoey, MP for Vauxhall, about the pension treatment of one of her constituents, a former employee of the City of London Corporation

I conclude the debate on behalf of the Government on the 2018/19 funding settlement for local councils.

Making my debut as a Minister at the House of Commons despatch box, I respond on behalf of the Government to the many excellent and moving contributions from all parts of the House on Holocaust Memorial Day 2018. The event is held next Saturday - January 27.

I respond in a Westminster Hall debate on the funding of local government on the Isle of Wight called by Bob Seely, the island's MP.

In Foreign Office Questions I draw the Foreign Secretary's attention to the plight of tigers in Laos. A year after the Laos Government said it would ban the practice of tiger farming the trade is still flourishing.

Prime Minister Theresa May gives a very positive response to my question about the need for more appropriate changing rooms for the profoundly disabled.