I greatly enjoyed visiting the Horsham headquarters of Envitia and meeting their CEO Nabil Lodey.

Envitia is an innovative company, delivering critical data technology to the public sector.

It has been a very busy and interesting week around Horsham. 

Thameslink have announced that from 15th December onwards, they will be offering constituents using Horsham and Littlehaven stations direct Saturday services to St Pancras International, Hertfordshire and Peterborough for the first time.

I have been contacted by the West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Groups and the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust who have collectively launched a consultation to determine how mental health services in West Sussex could be improved for patients, families and staff.

It was a pleasure to join the Dementia Café at the Billingshurst United Reformed Church.

The Café meets every second Saturday in the month 10am-12pm and provides tea, cake and company for those living with dementia and their families.

I was asked by Billingshurst Parish Council to act as their independent observer for their parish poll on whether or not to invest in a Youth Café in the heart of the village.

I attended one of the Horsham Fibromyalgia Support Group’s regular meetings at Horsham Hospital.

It was lovely to join the Horsham Rusty Brains for their third annual Horsham Memory Walk in Horsham Park.

The walk, organised and led by members of the Rusty Brains, is in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society who do great work locally to support those living with dementia.

We live in a representative democracy.  Back in 2015 Parliament voted overwhelmingly, with support across the House, to hold a national referendum on our membership of the European Union.  Parliament subsequently voted overwhelmingly to trigger “Article 50” (the process by which we leave). 

I greatly enjoyed meeting representatives from the National Farmers Union to discuss their plans for contributing to “net zero carbon” and Brexit among other issues.