Another busy week in Westminster getting through the postbag, moving into my new office and trying get answers to questions as well undergoing more rites of passage for a new MP.
In the new office, we are trying to get ourselves started but you have to have patience - Rome wasn't built in a day! We now have a printer but it's not connected, so it's a 10 minute walk back to the hot desk area or library to print anything out. For the last 2 weeks, we have had 1 computer to share between the 3 of us; now we have a second and hopefully, by Monday, a third.
On to rites of passage, I voted through the lobbies for the first time (we were there till 1130 on Monday night, 1045 on Tuesday night), I made my first intervention (on the Shadow Chancellor), my first question to a minister and I listened to an adjournment debate on anonymity for rape defendants.
The Suffolk MPs are working closely together on a number of issues. We have submitted joint letters on the lack of fairness of the NHS funding formula for Suffolk and to press the case for rural broadband. On that latter point, a great speech from Jeremy Hunt (Secretary of State) which went way beyond what I expected for rural broadband.
Anyway, back to the constituency for a number of events and to see England start their World Cup campaign. Have fun everyone!
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