This afternoon Hants & IOW Air Amb have been in Parliament meeting Hampshire colleagues and talking about their future plans. Great to catch up with them after my recent (ish) visit to their base at Thruxton

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A lovely evening with the Romsey Male Voice Choir and Woodfalls Band for their 150th anniversary concert Romsey Abbey - but home to a power cut and a sulking Alfie.

Lovely to catch up with my constituent Matt Lester today to talk about his role championing the rights of people with learning disabilities and autism

Caroline Nokes MP absolute pleasure as always to have a conversation all things single parents on Monday! Thank you for your continued support!

Business in the Community (BITC), the UK’s largest responsible business network, is conducting some research on procurement and inclusivity in supply chains. The survey can be found here: bitc.org.uk/diverse-and-in…

EXCL: Fire service bosses in Shropshire talked about wanting to 'kill' and harm female colleagues.

Leaked messages we’ve obtained refer to women as “lazy cow”, “feckin bint” and “useless”.

“I could still kill her buddy”, said the Chief about one woman.

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Fab to visit Solent University, Southampton this morning and get to pilot a tug boat round Portsmouth Harbour (without crashing which was a triumph). Solent really does lead the world in Maritime with 90% of pilots trained here.

Slightly ashamed not to be with these guys this morning, but it seems 5k is all I am capable of currently! Good luck Dehenna Davison MP and Dr Caroline Johnson MP

This year's #BlossomWatch has started with some great events ⁦National Trust⁩ properties

Out in sunny Bassett this morning but residents very unhappy with erratic bin collections and failure by Southampton City Council to resolve issues.

Great to be University of Southampton Science Park this morning to talk to local scientists about health inequalities / disparities and the work of Women & Equalities Committee

At tonight’s #BlackinBusiness event, we heard from Bim Afolami MP and Abena Oppong-Asare MP on championing businesses & entrepreneurship in Parliament.

It's been excellent to work with Lloyds Bank and Channel 4 to celebrate their initiative supporting black entrepreneurs.

Celebrating #Vaisakhi in #Southampton with the local Sikh community, colleagues, friends and key stakeholders.
Lots of energy and buzz at the annual nagar kirtan procession!

Good to be at the Vaisakhi celebrations in Southampton today with the local Sikh community

On a pretty grim day across the world, thinking of those in Sydney who were injured and lost lives, and all those in Israel tonight. Bliss to be able to sit for a while listening to the incredibly talented musicians of the Southampton Youth Orchestra Romsey Abbey Southampton MusicHub

Gorgeous day to be out in Bassett with #Conservatives City Council candidate Amanda Guest

Great to pop in to Uptons Butchers for a quick coffee with Bassett Conservative candidate Amanda Guest this lunchtime

Congratulations to the Boeing Test & Evaluation Team from Middle Wallop who were part of this exciting trial. Autonomous Systems are an important part of the aerospace environment and I am pleased to see pilots from Middle Wallop contributing to their technological development.

Localised flooding and surface water across the city. - Millbrook Road West in both directions heavily flooded. Please avoid this road where possible. Please drive carefully.
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