I recognise the need for comprehensive access to NHS dentists and myself and other Cornish MPs are working with Cornwall Council, Cornwall NHS and NHS England to try and improve access to NHS dentists. The following is what the current situation is in Cornwall and the rest of England; 

West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas has welcomed new Government funding which will improve rail network accessibility for people with disabilities at St Erth Station.

On Monday I joined Conservative colleagues in a meeting with Liz Truss, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, to set out priorities for Government funding as part of the Strategic Spending Review. Further funding for education was a hot topic.

Green energy campaign groups have praised West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas for signing a cross-party letter calling on the Prime Minister to make it easier to harness onshore wind energy.

The European Parliament (EP) elections are scheduled for 23-26 May 2019. The EU says the UK will have to take part if it is still an EU Member State when they take place, although others disagree. The Government has accepted the EU position and the Prime Minister is now proposing a further Article 50 extension that will enable the UK to leave the EU by 22 May.

This week I have received an update from the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid giving an update on the EU Settlement Scheme.

Derek Thomas, MP for St Ives, has signed a cross-party letter to the Prime Minister asking her to undo the blocks the government has placed on onshore wind energy. This support was welcomed today by 10:10 Climate Action and Power for People, who are coordinating the letter.

Rt Hon David Davis MP on why the ‘Common Market 2.0’ plan fails to deliver on the Referendum result

Sky's politics editor Faisal Islam interviewed David Cameron ahead of the Brexit vote in June 2016.

West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas joined sporting shoppers to take on a two-minute rowing challenge to raise awareness and funds for Brain Tumour Research.