Business Select Committee, Sheffield meetings and visits, and a holiday - my month ahead

What a fantastic weekend! I managed to catch most of her Heptathlon heats, and was simply bowled over by Jessica Ennis. What an extraordinary performance, and in the face of the incredible pressure of the country's expectations. I'm pleased that Sheffield International Venues are thinking, not only about recognise her achievement in re-naming Don Valley Stadium, but about how to work with her in building sporting opportunities for young people in the city.

At the other end of the sporting spectrum, my walk for Headway Sheffield went well last week and a big 'thank you' to everyone who sponsored me. Together with the event at the Harland Cafe, to promote awareness of Headway's work to support people with brain injuries, I've raised £958 for this great local charity. It's not too late to contribute, and take me over £1,000 - just check in to my Just Giving page.

We're now in the middle of the Parliamentary recess, and I'll be taking a couple of weeks holiday in August, so I've decided to change my weekly look ahead to a monthly one. Although we're in recess, work doesn't stop and this week I'll be back in Westminster for a meeting of the Select Committee on Business Innovation and Skills. We'll be finalising a report on international student visas, which is an issue I've been working on. I was pleased that Total Politics magazine has picked up on the issue and I've written an article for the Yorkshire Post to follow up on my piece in the Sunday Times.

Back in Sheffield over the month ahead, I've meetings with Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, Marketing Sheffield, South Yorkshire Digital Region and others.  I'll be visiting the Friends of the General Cemetery, the Jubilee Foodbank, Sheffield Remploy, Action on Hearing, and the Cavendish Cancer Care Centre which is the beneficiary of this year's Master Cutler's Challenge that I helped to launch in March. 

My weekly look ahead will be back on 3 September when Parliament is back after the summer recess.