It was lovely to meet the Hasnat family last night at the Maharaj Indian Restaurant and takeaway in Filton. A great family business, excellent value, fantastic food and service…and they deliver too!
Today I met with representatives of Olympus Trust, UT Colleges, The Baker Dearing Educational Trust and several employers in our area and visited the exciting new Engineering Centre at Abbeywood School and met some students who were very enthusiastic about their future careers in engineeri
Great to see apprentices from major Filton employers including Airbus and Rolls-Royce in Parliament today, to hear their progress and future career plans. Apprenticeships are a fantastic way of enabling social mobility and building our Defence manufacturing skills-base.
Today I asked if the PM can galvanise UK private-sector expertise to strengthen Ukraine’s reconstruction. The PM affirmed that alongside our $3bn loan guarantee, over 400 private-sector companies pledged to back Ukraine’s reconstruction at our UK-hosted Recovery Conference last week.
This morning, I was delighted to welcome my old friend and local Christian leader Rob, at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, hosted by Parliament in Westminster Hall.
Today Jack asked Defence Minister James Cartlidge how the MOD ensures prompt payment to UK (defence sector) subcontractors, wherever they are in the supply chain. The Minister affirmed that MOD standard condition: DEFCON 534, stipulates that all subcontractors should be paid within 30 day
This evening, I attended a fantastic reunion event at my old Army Reserve Unit, 266 (GVA) Battery RA, at the Artillery Grounds Whiteladies Rd. Great to see so many old comrades again, especially on Armed Forces Day.
