THIS week in Parliament has been heavily dominated once again by debates on the EU Withdrawal Bill.

A series of amendments passed by the House of Lords are being considered by MPs in the Commons. At the time of writing (Tuesday evening), we are only halfway through the two days which have been assigned to voting on those amendments.

I will be voting with the government this week in largely opposing the amendments passed in the Lords.

I do so not out of blind loyalty to party or government, but from the conviction that having voted to allow the British people to decide our future, Parliament is obligated to honour the outcome of a free and fair vote.

The purpose of the EU Withdrawal Bill is to ensure that the UK has a functioning statute book when we leave the European Union next March.

It is instead disappointing once again this week for the Commons to be largely relitigating the arguments of 2016.

The difficulty with some of the amendments passed in House of Lords is that they do not enhance our ability to deliver Brexit, but instead have the effect of frustrating and undermining the government as it seeks to deliver its legislative agenda.

I was elected last year on a manifesto which vowed to honour the referendum result and I do not intend this week to be the moment I renege on the pledges I made to the voters of Salisbury and South Wiltshire.

Away from Brexit, this week I gave the keynote address at TheCityUK’s Annual Conference 2018 highlighting the importance of our financial services sector, and also faced questions from the European Scrutiny Committee.

On Friday, I have an action-packed day in the constituency. I start the day hosting a breakfast with local Conservative councillors before meeting with a full slate of constituents at my weekly advice surgery.

In the evening, I will be judging the Salisbury Trust for the Homeless photography competition at the Young Gallery, before heading out to the Chalke Valley for the launch event of the CH4LKE Mobile.

This project aims to bring super-fast broadband and 4G mobile services to the Chalke Valley. I have been heavily pushing this in Whitehall and am very pleased that we appear to be making progress – I look forward to finding out more on Friday from tech guru and project founder, James Body.