"I was lucky enough to get a seat in the House of Lords Gallery to watch the Queen opening Parliament and delivering her speech setting out the Government's programme for the next session.

I was delighted that the opening line confirms that the top priority for our Coalition Government remains economic growth and deficit reduction. This is by far the most pressing issue for my constituents in Ealing and Acton and for the whole country. Other good measures include cutting regulation, which can only help businesses to grow. I was also pleased to see the Government pressing ahead with much needed reform of our adoption rules – far too many children get left behind in care when what they need is the love of a good family.

Two other bills that are going to be of vital importance are the energy bill – and I hope to see real progress on a new generation of nuclear power stations to avoid the lights going out in the next few years – and a water bill, which I hope will address the need for a national water grid to help London and the South East, and also measures to assist on a much speedier programme of plugging leaks by our water companies.

We've got a great summer ahead of us with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and I hope to get round a good number of street parties in Ealing and Acton to join in the celebrations. Later on of course we have the Olympics and I look forward to the torch passing through Ealing."

Best wishes,