Burnham and Highbridge MP James Heappey welcomed the Prime Minister's Points of Light winner Lyra Cole to Parliament to receive her award following her amazing fundraising efforts. 

I hope that after the political tumult of the last year or so, you have enjoyed a peaceful and relaxing Christmas. Before writing today’s column I had a quick flick back through the archives to see what I said in my first column on 2019. It was bleak reading!

Wells MP James Heappey has been appointed Minister for Defence Procurement by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. 

Prospective MP for Wells James Heappey has welcomed the Conservative Party’s commitment to support thriving small businesses, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s visit to Wells last week.

The prospective Member of Parliament for the Wells Constituency, James Heappey, has welcomed plans unveiled by the Conservative Party to end the vexatious prosecution of former service personnel and a new package of benefits for serving soldiers, sailors and airmen as well as our veterans.

It has been an extraordinary few weeks to be a Member of Parliament and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon.

In this week’s column, I want to praise the hard work of all our teachers here in Somerset and that is why I am so pleased to see the Wells constituency directly benefitting from a huge investment in school funding.

Wells MP James Heappey has welcomed the ‘major investment’ announced by the Government in two hospitals serving his constituency, amounting to £900million.

The Government announced the largest ever hospital building programme and two Somerset hospitals have been included in the scheme.

In the Wells constituency there are three independent schools: Millfield, Downside and Wells Cathedral School. Sidcot is just over the boundary.

It seems almost routine now to write these columns in the context of extraordinary political upheaval. The prorogation of Parliament was not considered a matter for the courts in England and Wales but in Scotland it was, and those Scottish judges decided it was illegal.