John Bercow has welcomed the latest report on HMP Spring Hill by HM Inspector of Prisons, Anne Owers. The report, which covers every aspect of the prison’s activities from arrival in custody to resettlement, rates HMP Spring Hill “an effective open prison”.

John Bercow calls on the Government to provide funding for the network of Red Balloon learner centres who are doing fantastic work in restoring the self-esteem of children who have suffered extreme bullying.

During a debate on the economic situation, John Bercow highlights the importance of helping small businesses as accounting for the majority of the private-sector workforce and therefore at the forefront of the economic recovery.

John Bercow continues to campaign for those with special educational needs, engages in some affectionate mimickry of the new shadow business secretary, and defies the whips on the justice bill.

John Bercow is disturbed by the findings of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group’s analysis of pub closures since June 2005.

John Bercow praises the success of the introduction of the national minimum wage and makes the case for an extraordinary increase of 10% at the annual uprating in October.

John Bercow calls for a Parliamentary debate on the plight of the 6,000 children who exclude themselves from school as a result of extreme bullying and commends the work of the Red Balloon learner centres.

John Bercow has welcomed the latest report on the South Central Ambulance Service’s programme of transformational change.

John Bercow has criticised the rise in the cost of the Government’s eco-towns programme to £3 million. The proposed site at Weston Otmoor falls into the Banbury constituency but many Buckingham constituents will be affected.

John Bercow has made a detailed written submission to Aylesbury Vale District Council urging its Development Control Division to reject the proposed development of 3,300 houses on the disused Little Horwood airfield site.