IT WAS a very sad day and yet a huge privilege to be in the House of Commons this week to listen to David Cameron at his final Prime Minister’s questions.

As he has shown so many times over the last ten and a half years, first as leader of the Opposition and then since 2010 as Prime Minister, he is both passionate and dignified and demonstrated just how much he cares for Great Britain.

There were some good jokes, as is traditional, and he was also as at great pains to dispel any rumours that is a cat hater - indeed he produced a photo at the despatch box to prove that he was very fond of Larry the cat, Downing Street’s Chief Mouser.

The usual tributes were paid, with even Mr Corbyn rising the occasion and the only sour note was struck by the Scottish Nationalists where dour, dreich Angus Robinson and his SNP colleagues could not follow the usual protocol of finding something to be nice about.

Some say that the sun doesn’t shine much in Scotland and the SNP MPs’ lives do certainly appear to be awfully gloomy. By the time you read this column on Thursday morning, Theresa May will be our next Prime Minister.

I am really pleased as one of her initial supporters that we have got to this point quickly as she is calm, principled, strong, and competent and ideal to provide the leadership that our country will need in the months and years ahead.

She will get on with forming a new Government based on pragmatism and strong, proven leadership to steer us through what will be difficult and uncertain economic and political times and will work to negotiate the best deal for Britain in leaving the EU while implementing her strong, new, and positive vision for the future of our country.

Alongside all the razzmatazz and craziness in Westminster I made a lightening mid-week trip home to Wiltshire to see my children, following their return from holiday with their dad.

My journey to and from Pewsey station was made on the Wiltshire Connect 2 bus, supported by Wiltshire Council and now thanks to huge efforts made by people in Pewsey and Devizes running both a scheduled timetable around the trains as well as the request service.

It was incredibly smooth and, at £1 each way, enormously good value and I was sad to see so few people using what is a brilliant and valuable local resource.

It would be great if fellow train users would join me on board.