6th March 2010  

The next two weeks will probably be the last of the current Parliament, and as the clock ticks down the pace of the informal election campaign is stepping up. This week I will be taking part in an Education Debate on Newsnight with Schools Secretary, Ed Balls MP and Conservative Spokesman, Michael Gove MP.   On Friday, I will be on the BBC Radio 4 “Any Questions” panel, and on Saturday I will be at the Liberal Democrat Conference in Birmingham.   Next Monday I will be taking part in a “Times Educational Supplement” schools and colleges debate in London….and so it goes on. Indeed, on Easter Sunday I will speaking at one of the teachers union conferences!   With all these national commitments, I am enjoying the time I am able to carve out for constituency responsibilities. And this often highlights issues of real concern to people, which...