How I'm making most of my summer recess!

LIKE most kids, I loved summer when I was growing up.

- David Williams - MP for Stoke-on-Trent North

It was a time for family, sunshine, and a change of routine.

I spent long days at Tunstall Park with my sisters, racing each other between the bandstand and the pond, or heading into Burslem for a bit of shopping with my grandparents.

On rainy days, there was always the old Normid at Talke Pits, an adventure in itself, before returning home for tea and biscuits around the table.

Those simple moments became treasured memories, and I think many of us can remember summers that felt just the same.

Parliament's summer recess is a bit like the school summer holidays. The pace changes, the setting is different, but the work doesn't stop.

In fact, the first couple of weeks have been just as busy as any week in Westminster, only with fewer train journeys to London!

I've been out and about all across Stoke-on-Trent and Kidsgrove.