I have been very touched this week by the messages of goodwill I’ve had after revealing my decision to step down from being a minister.
I’m neither the first nor the last MP to enjoy my constituency work deeply. Indeed, my predecessor in my own seat was well-regarded for being often obstinate in Westminster and a great constituency MP at home.
I’m proud of what I’ve been able to contribute to my country, in three years as a whip and minister. I whipped the Welfare Reform bill through Parliament; at the Treasury I negotiated detailed decommissioning contracts with the oil and gas industry, to open up billions of pounds of economic investment; and at the Cabinet Office I have helped save £10bn of taxpayers’ money from wasteful government spend while taking five bills through Parliament in a year, including one that changed the laws on Royal succession to allow girls to take their place.
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