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188            <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item"><span>Member of Parliament for Royal Sutton Coldfield since 2001</span></div>
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191            <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Former Deputy Foreign Secretary and Shadow Foreign Secretary.</p></div>
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203            <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>It is my pleasure and privilege to serve the people of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk/constituency">Royal Sutton Coldfield</a>. I always work hard to help local residents and to champion the issues of importance to our town.</p>
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205<p>I hope that this website provides you with a useful insight into some of the work I do on behalf of my constituents – both in Sutton Coldfield and in the House of Commons.</p>
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207<p>Over the year thousands of local residents contact me by letter, email and in person. If I can be of any&nbsp;<a href="http://www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk/help">help</a>&nbsp;to you, please do not hesitate to get in touch.</p>
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209<p>You can also follow me over on my&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/andrewmitchellmp/">
209Facebook page here</a>.</p>
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213<strong><a href="http://www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk/about">Rt Hon Sir Andrew Mitchell MP</a></strong></p>
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234    <div class="views-field-title">A walk through nearly 500 years of our Royal Town’s history</div>
235    <div class="views-field-field-date"><time datetime="2026-09-25T22:00:00Z">25 September 2026</time>
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237    <div class="views-field-field-feature-box-body"><p>Last Saturday Sir Andrew Mitchell walked our Royal Town Heritage Trail in celebration of Birmingham Heritage Week in Sutton Coldfield, as he does every year.</p></div>
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247    <div class="views-field-title">Visiting wellness clinic in Wylde Green</div>
248    <div class="views-field-field-date"><time datetime="2026-09-18T22:10:00Z">18 September 2026</time>
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250    <div class="views-field-field-feature-box-body"><p>Today, together with newly elected Town Councillor Gurmeet Singla, Sir Andrew Mitchell visited Ayuluxir in Wylde Green, which is an Ayurvedic wellness centre.</p></div>
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260    <div class="views-field-title">Sutton’s Martial Arts Academy is a knock-out success</div>
261    <div class="views-field-field-date"><time datetime="2026-09-18T22:01:00Z">18 September 2026</time>
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263    <div class="views-field-field-feature-box-body"><p>Local MP Sir Andrew Mitchell visited the Martial Arts Academy on Lichfield Road to try his hand in a minor sort of way!</p></div>
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290  <div class="views-field-title">Weekly Message to Constituents 337 - A walk through the Royal Town&#039;s history</div>
291  <div class="views-field-field-date">25 September 2026</div>
292  <div class="views-field-field-feature-box-body"><p>Last Saturday I had the pleasure of walking our Royal Town Heritage Trail in celebration of Birmingham Heritage Week in Sutton Coldfield, as I do every year.</p></div>
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295    <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk/news/weekly-message-constituents-336-holding-severn-trent-account-over-green-belt-plans">
296  <div class="views-field-title">Weekly Message to Constituents 336 - Holding Severn Trent to account over green belt plans</div>
297  <div class="views-field-field-date">18 September 2026</div>
298  <div class="views-field-field-feature-box-body"><p>At a meeting today with Severn Trent and their advisers, I, together with Cllr Richard Parkin, made it clear that the Royal Town is wholly opposed to the company’s plan to build nearly 200 houses on our green belt adjacent to New Hall Cemetery.</p></div>
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302  <div class="views-field-title">Weekly Message to Constituents 335 - Connecting with our proud history through Heritage Week</div>
303  <div class="views-field-field-date">11 September 2026</div>
304  <div class="views-field-field-feature-box-body"><p>We are so lucky to have not only a long and proud history in Sutton Coldfield, but also to have so many dedicated groups and people who work hard to promote and protect our heritage.</p></div>
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330  <div class="views-field-title">Written Parliamentary Questions – August 2026</div>
331  <div class="views-field-field-date"><time datetime="2026-08-31T22:00:00Z">31 August 2026</time>
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333  <div class="views-field-field-feature-box-body"><p>Written questions allow MPs to ask for information on the work, policy and activities of Government departments, related bodies, and the administration of Parliament.</p></div>
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344  <div class="views-field-title">Sir Andrew Mitchell calls for a major reset in UK development policy</div>
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347  <div class="views-field-field-feature-box-body"><p>Speaking in a debate on UK aid policy, former Deputy Foreign Secretary Sir Andrew Mitchell calls on the Government to restore specialist development expertise by reviving DFID, gradually returning to the 0.7% aid target, and recognising the vital link between defence, diplomacy, and development.</p></div>
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441  <div class="views-field-title">Britain has lost its once great development prowess</div>
442  <div class="views-field-field-date">9 December 2024</div>
443  <div class="views-field-field-feature-box-body"><p>Former Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell writes for <em>The House Magazine</em>.</p></div>
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447  <div class="views-field-title">We’ll be letting ourselves down, not just Ukraine, if we waver from anything but total support</div>
448  <div class="views-field-field-date">23 September 2024</div>
449  <div class="views-field-field-feature-box-body"><p>Shadow Foreign Secretary and former Deputy Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon&nbsp;Andrew Mitchell MP writes for <em>ConservativeHome.</em></p></div>
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455  <div class="views-field-field-feature-box-body"><p>The latest revelations about security service collusion in respect of&nbsp;Ms Shamima Begum&nbsp;make alarming reading. It has been obvious from the outset that she and her foolish young friends were groomed. Now we discover that ministers knew she was a trafficking victim, transported by a terrorist group, but chose to strip her of her British citizenship regardless.</p></div>
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