Next week the EU Withdrawal Bill comes back to the House of Commons after completing its passage through the House of Lords.

Wells Constituency MP James Heappey joined Farming Minister George Eustice in meetings with the National Farmers Union and other rural groups during the minister’s visit to the Bath & West Show.

This week is the Royal Bath & West Show and so an opportunity to showcase the amazing agricultural heritage of our county.

Last week I spoke in Parliament about the ongoing investigations into soldiers who served in Northern Ireland. We’ve also seen in recent weeks, so-called public interest lawyers Leigh Day bring forward a raft of further claims against soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Burnham-on-Sea MP James Heappey paid a visit to mental health charity Somerset House which coincided with Mental Health Awareness Week.

Somerset County Council’s decision to halt activities at South West Wood Products in Meare has been described as the ‘right outcome’ by the village’s MP.

Shepton Mallet MP James Heappey has welcomed the news the inpatient beds at Shepton Mallet Community Hospital will reopen on July 9.

Last Friday was Somerset Day and so, officially, the day to celebrate everything that is so wonderful about our county. To mark the occasion the County Council ran the ‘World Cup of Somerset’ in which people would vote via polls on Twitter for their favourite things about our county.

 Wells MP James Heappey has pledged his support to the RSPCA’s campaign to ban the use of wild animals in circuses.

It has been revealed 18 wild animals are still used in the UK and Mr Heappey will be supporting the Wild Animals in Circuses Bill in Parliament.

This week Parliament has voted on the Data Protection Bill which is important in its own right. However it became of wider interest when a few amendments were made relating to the freedom of our press.