The House will sit on Monday and Tuesday and then go into recess until Monday 3rd September 2012.

I discussed the summer recess as well as many other issues regarding Parliament and politics with Radio 1 earlier, for any and all that are interested in such matters.

...my address Aung San Suu Kyi made in Westminster Hall earlier today is freely available to read here, should you so desire.

The House is now prorogued. The State Opening for the 2012-13 parliamentary session will be on Wednesday 9th May 2012.

In case any honourable or right honourable members are interested, my wife and I are taking part in Stonewall's Equality Walk in Brighton on May 6th to raise vital funds to tackle homophobic bullying in Britain’s schools. If you wish to donate, our JustGiving page is here.

Along similar lines, I am giving a lecture regarding international LGBT equality and human rights on the 16th of the same month for The Kaleidoscope Trust. Tickets are available here for any and all interested parties.

As those of you that follow my wife on the Twitter-sphere-thing will no doubt be aware by now, the family and I are taking a short break in Devon this year. As such, I will be unable to be contacted until further notice. If anything of importance arises in my absence, feel free to leave a message and I will be sure to get back to you in as short a time as possible.

I would just like it noted that certain rumours about my wife and a particular television show or comments that she is giving 'serious' thought to such suggestions will not be classed as important and as such will not receive a timely reply.

Would someone, ideally from the government benches, be so kind as to remind the Secretary of State for Education that he is in fact a Secretary of State meaning he is no longer a member of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition and thus has to answer questions about the policy of the government and not make accusations and speculations about the conduct of the opposite benches while at the despatch box? A reminder to face the chamber during debates and to be succinct in his retorts would also not go amiss and more than likely save a great deal of time in the House if successful.

And if anyone would be willing to teach my wife to drive I'd be forever grateful.

All was going rather well - usual back and forth and nice to see certain members in the chamber again - until someone decided to turn up unannounced. Thankfully, no one seemed to notice - how? I have no idea.

(OOC: Should point out; not mine at all. I am not even remotely as talented as is needed to make something like those images.)

A short message to inform honourable members that Peter Mandelson, usually contactable via therealpm will be unable to be reached for an indeterminable time frame.

Don't all start crying at once.