On Sunday, I was honoured be invited by our High Sheriff to read from Magna Carta at the annual Rule of Law Service held at Salisbury Cathedral. The clauses I read out are still the law of our land, and are a timely reminder of our belief in the Rule of Law and the fair treatment of people under that law.

How relevant those words are to the appalling incident involving the use of a Russian military grade nerve agent on our soil last week. On Monday, I was on the Front Bench to hear the Prime Minister outline the British position calmly and clearly and to reaffirm our unshakeable belief in a rules-based system, not gangsterism and lawlessness.

Following the incident, Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, visited Salisbury and spoke with emergency services workers, praising their handling of the operation, before visiting Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey who is currently in Salisbury District Hospital in a stable condition.

A meeting of the Government’s Cobra committee was also held where updates on the case were shared. The Government is committed to doing all it can to bring the perpetrators to justice - whoever they are and wherever they may be and I am glad that a measured response has been delivered instead of jumping to conclusions.

As part of my ongoing work to support public legal education, I went to the Wiltshire heat of the Magistrates Court Mock Trials in Chippenham at the weekend and was very pleased to see Swindon teams from The Ridgeway School and St Joseph’s College taking part.

Each year, over 4000 students from 270 schools across the UK take part in the competition, thanks to the help and dedication of around 1,700 legal professional volunteers. Mock Trials are an excellent way of improving young people’s understanding of the justice system and the legal system and helping them to understand that the law touches every aspect of their lives.

Every year, 1,590 people in Swindon are predicted to need end of life care or specialist palliative care. It is crucial that terminally ill patients should receive the highest quality care and their families should be certain that the plan put in place will meet all of their needs.

I am pleased that Swindon is piloting an NHS project aimed at improving end of life care. The pilot, launched by Swindon NHS Clinical Commissioning (CCG) and Prospect Hospice, will involve GPs and Great Western Hospital Community Teams.

A new computer system will be introduced to make it easier for doctors, nurses and carers to share important details about patients’ care and a “24-hour palliative care response team” will be staffed with nurses able to give round-the-clock-support. I am glad that this pilot will focus on the people in Swindon who are in their last year of life, it is crucial that we get their care right.

The manufacturing sector plays an important role here in Swindon and has helped our local economy to grow, so I was pleased by the announcement last week that the EEF manufacturers’ organisation has dramatically upgraded its outlook for this year and says that it now expects the sector to expand at a faster rate than was expected three months ago. Export orders are growing at near-record levels too and domestic demand is picking up fast. The manufacturing sector expanded by 2.8 per cent last year, with eight consecutive months of growth for the first time since 1988.

The Conservative Government is committed to delivering on its industrial strategy, which will help successful businesses to emerge and grow, and back them to invest in the long-term future of our country. This will help to move our manufacturing sector further forward.

Finally, I would like to thank the pupils and staff at Holy Cross Primary School for a lovely visit on Friday. I was asked lots of searching questions by Years 2 and 3 about Parliament and my work as a local MP.