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Poplar and Canning Town MP Jim Fitzpatrick will be swapping his advice surgery for a medical one when he goes into hospital just before Christmas.
Mr Fitzpatrick is scheduled to have a neurosurgical operation for a condition called trigeminal neuralgia on December 15, which will put him out of action for several weeks.
By Jim Fitzpatrick
Parliament has begun its 82-day summer recess - and the campaign group, 38 Degrees, is asking: "What do MPs do in that time?"
Parliament's 82-day recess does not translate into an 82-day holiday for me. I take a standard fortnight's holiday, with the rest of the time spent working.
LONDON'S ambitious Crossrail project has finally received the green light from MPs.
The bill detailing the plans for the £16billion rail link was given royal assent yesterday evening after clearing its third reading in the House of Lords.
