Fathers Day on Sunday! I quite fancy breakfast in bed, freshly squeezed orange juice and the Sunday papers. But it is also a time to reflect on the distress caused by the Child Support Agency. John Major invented it, Tony Blair simplified it, but it remains a real cause of aggravation.

Mothers do not get maintenance as some errant fathers play the system, whilst earning good money, while fathers get the run around from mothers refusing access whilst demanding payment. These are only a minority of cases, but a significant number nevertheless. I would link payment to access and I would bring in far stronger penalties for those who refuse to pay at all. Most of all we need a better review of the family courts in order to allow simpler, quicker and cheaper mediation, with proper rights for fathers who care and stricter controls on fathers who avoid any responsibility.

Thank you to Clumber Park, the Worksop Cadets and Cobwell Road Housing Project for their help in making our Veterans Event such a success. To see so many young people serving teas and directing guests was a real pleasure. We honoured the very many veterans most appropriately and in glorious sunshine, but I want to praise these young people for showing the true face of Britain's youth.

600 of you are visiting Parliament on July 11th. Sorry to those who are on the waiting list, but I will organise more visits this year. Everyone of my constituents who wants to see Parliament will get the opportunity.

UK Coal and Bassetlaw Council are consulting on a huge housing development in Harworth. In advance of building any houses there needs to be agreement on a site and money for a new school. 1600 new houses with a school that cannot expand is a total nonsense. In addition there should be a major Tommy Simpson cycling development built on the site.

I was in Langold looking at how anti-social behaviour is affecting the community. There are too many meetings and too much discussion on these issues. We need swift evictions when there are households that continually abuse its neighbours and community. This community does not need bullies, racists or thugs and we should evict them all.