If Brexit is the national crisis as described by some, then something is just not stacking up. I checked the definition of the word crisis in the Oxford Dictionary. If we believe the Office of National Statistics then their statistics do not support the dictionary’s definition.

West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas says he is delighted to have secured a place as a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.

West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas has welcomed news that South West Water’s programme of works to improve the waste water infrastructure in Mousehole will start early in the New Year.

We are not building the homes local people need in West Cornwall or on Scilly according the National House Building Council (NHBC), the UK’s leading standard-setting body and insurance provider for new homes.

MP Derek Thomas MP has, through virtual reality, seen for himself the degrading and dangerous conditions in which puppies are transported across Central and Eastern Europe to be sold to unsuspecting buyers in the UK.

As chair of a new group aiming to help those suffering from a painful form of inflammatory arthritis, West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas is pressing for an end to the long wait patients currently have for a correct diagnosis.

I sought to clarify how the draft Withdrawal Agreement addresses the issue of UK fishing and access to UK waters.

This is the response I have received from DEFRA:

The UK’s red lines on fish have been protected.

A well co-ordinated campaign and a powerful speech in Parliament by MP Derek Thomas has led to some welcome positive news for people who use West Cornwall’s rural post office services.

On Monday 10 December, the Prime Minister told the House of Commons she would no longer be asking it to vote on the motion to approve her deal with the EU on Tuesday 11 December.

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