At a time when political debate is dominated by public concern over pollution and other threats to the environment, few things are more important than the protection of our rivers and the ecosystems, livelihoods and businesses they support.

Jesse Norman is interviewed by Justin Webb on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Jesse Norman writes to the Prime Minister setting out the reasons he can no longer support him.

Last month, the Government published its response to the report about the state of England’s rivers from the Parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) of the House of Commons chaired by the great Philip Dunne, MP for Ludlow.

Jesse Norman is interviewed by Justin Webb on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

It was great to drop in on the extraordinary Rosemary Rigby MBE recently, both to catch up with her and to see the new extension she has built to her Violette Szabo Museum in Tump Lane.

What makes the difference between an authoritarian and an open society? Many things: individual rights, a free press, the rule of law. But also, crucially, free and independent institutions.

Jesse Norman visits manufacturing technology centre, The MTC, and meets CEO Dr Clive Hickman OBE.

The terrible events of the past week in Ukraine take me back to memories of more than three decades ago.