Derek Thomas MP for West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly welcomes an open letter from the Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Leadership Board to EU nationals living in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, encouraging them to apply for settled status.

"I am glad to follow the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard). I also give credit to my hon.

"I am glad to be able to speak in this debate. Thank you for giving me the opportunity take part, Mr Betts. In this place, we often speak about things that we do not have personal experience of.

Cornwall Council are incorrectly blaming the government for their own failures to provide sufficient social housing in Cornwall, according to West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas.

Derek Thomas speaks in Sport in the UK debate, for the full debate, please click here. 

West Cornwall’s unpaid volunteers turned out in force to receive a Big Thank You from MP Derek Thomas.

West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas has spent two days at the RNAS Culdrose base near Helston seeing members of the armed forces going about their business.

I was glad to support Sir Oliver Heald, MP in his campaign for a change in the law which will help to protect service animals in the line of duty.

On Tuesday 29 January, the Commons debated the Prime Minister’s proposals for “next steps” in the Brexit process. This debate took place because the House decided not to approve, a fortnight earlier, a proposed “exit deal” negotiated by the Government and the European Union.

MPs have given the PM a clear mandate to return to Brussels to address the issue of the backstop. I have consistently said that I believed a withdrawal agreement could secure the support of enough MPs if concerns over the backstop could be addressed.