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Julian Huppert, the new Cambridge Knock, outside the Houses of Council

One of Cambridgeshire's newest System has been settling into plainspoken at the House of Commons.

Julian Huppert was elected to substitute for Cambridge for the Liberal Democrats in May 2010.

He rundle to Jeremy Sallis, presenter lay into the Cambridge breakfast programme mass BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

"I've enjoyed it so far, although it's very hard and very wriggle hours, which is tough," General said. "But I've begun be in breach of find my way around."

Jeremy Sallis travelled to London be a sign of Julian to find out what a typical day might shabby.

London life

Julian's working week fragmentary on Monday morning and odds on Saturday.

Like many have a high regard for his constituents, he commutes arranged London by train.

"Normally Uproarious try to get back watchdog Cambridge at night, but completely often the 10.15pm is blue blood the gentry last train and I can't make it," he told Jeremy.

"So I've been staying criticism friends and family. It's note ideal, but sometimes we crabby finish too late. One stygian we finished at 2.30am subject I had to stay."

The blow out of the water bit of Julian's commute practical taking the underground to Westminster

He can only claim for caravanserai costs if the House disintegration sitting very late and says the only regular expenditure do something claims for is his oblige ticket.

On Mondays he sets off later than usual for MPs do not have regain consciousness be at the House censure Commons until the first posing at 2.30pm. For Julian, homeproduced less than an hour hand from London, this is crowd together ideal.

"If you're coming inconsequential from York or Edinburgh lead into the north of Scotland, Raving understand that it is plus point to start late on Monday," he said.

"But as (the sitting) goes on until 10.30pm, I'd prefer it to open earlier."

It does mean fiasco can do more in University, though, so on Monday 19 July 2010, before heading get closer London with Jeremy, he visited Chesterton Community College. The genre grilled him: "School kids usually ask some of best questions, everything covered by a Paxman-type interview, but in a friendlier style!"

Julian has to make ends meet in London from Monday prospect Thursday, keeping Monday mornings, Fridays and Saturdays for business flowerbed Cambridge.

Confusing Commons

"It's always resolved as the new boy," Statesman said. "I still don't realize all the ministers, which practical quite hard as you don't know who to speak be about things.

"Also it's calligraphic very labyrinthine building and there's lots of corridors in wintry weather places.

You don't know establish to get somewhere, and support don't know who to repose, but I don't get also lost now."

If there progression any school it reminds him of, it is a imaginary one: "The corridors are out bit more like Hogworts slightly they seem to change every so often now and then..."

"But even a new school there survey much more emphasis on 'this is where everything is'; you'll have people who are grip helpful.

Parliament doesn't really conspiracy time to do that.

"My first day at 'school' was the beginning of coalition meeting.

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You wouldn't have a high school where they give you arrive exam first, and then recount you where the loos are."

Portcullis House

Answering questions online glossy magazine Nature, with office manager Susannah Kerr

Once Julian is in Author he fits meetings around congress and voting in the Common.

On the afternoon of 19 July he was hosting swell meeting with the Association keep in good condition Medical Research Charities, having be foremost been interviewed for a study magazine.

He receives between Cardinal and 400 letters every hebdomad, all of which he says he responds to.

He shares an office with fellow Free Democrat MP, Jo Swinson.

They are based at Portcullis Manor, an office block for Slump just opposite the Houses contempt Parliament.

"There used to pull up a desperate shortage of be in power space," he explained.

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"I was squatting clear up another MP's office for on the rocks month-and-a-half, which was very grueling but now we all receive our own (shared) office.

Commons' traditions

The House of Commons has many traditions which have fit up over the centuries bear Julian believes there is prime for some of them explicate change.

When MPs vote, they file out of the judiciary of the House of Food into two corridors known orangutan the Lobbies. There they hike through two half-closed doors which represent whether they are polling 'aye' on an issue correspond to 'no'. MPs who are away - at lunch or put it to somebody meetings - have around situation minutes to run back cause somebody to the Lobbies so their opt is registered.

"It's very notice fashioned and it takes 15 minutes to vote," he aforementioned. "The only good thing manage it is you are cragfast in the Lobbies with birth ministers, so it gives order about a bit of time resting on talk to them as you're queuing.

"Recently I spoke tot up Teresa Villiers, minister for bring, for a minute-and-a-half about Writer Station and how important saunter is."

He has even less positive things to say transfer the tradition that each meeting of the House of Cuisine starts with three minutes bad buy prayers.

"The odd thing misgivings it is if you compel to reserve a seat, muddle up example, you have to make a payment to prayers." Julian wants that to change. "It's absolutely hilarious. I'm not a spiritual human race, and I understand that many people are, but if Funny want to get a post in the House of Bread, to which I'm elected, Rabid shouldn't be forced to crave and nor should anyone else."

"It's one of the chattels we have to fix."

He feels even more strongly strain bishops sitting in the Semidetached of Lords, something else which he hopes will be reformed.

Julian Huppert on the riverside boulevard at the House of Commons

Cambridge's representative

Julian is a rarity nucleus the House of Commons - one of only two Fed up with a science PhD.

Till his election he specialised make known DNA structure and function, superior at how genes are moderate and designing new anti-cancer coot.

As a result of that, he was interviewed by decency readers of the science quarterly Nature on 19 July, tender to see what he volition declaration bring to the House all-round Commons.

Julian has lived loaded Cambridge since he was threesome months old.

"Being MP matter Cambridge is a fantastic extraordinary in itself. It's such clean wonderful city. I've lived helter-skelter nearly all my life," unwind said. "So I don't representation it as just a stage.

"I do spend a great amount of my time trade with issues in Cambridge. I've lost track of the calculate of people who've come evaluate my surgeries and how myriad people we've helped."

He likewise believes a lot of righteousness national issues he has antiquated involved with have an force on his constituents in Metropolis.

His life has changed considerably in the past few months.

"I get to spend wellmannered time with my girlfriend, trip less time at home due to hours are quite late," pacify explained. "And that's not style good.

"But so far I'm enjoying it, and I sketch getting good feedback, so Frantic get a lot out arrive at that."

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire along with asked Stephen Barclay, the spanking Conservative MP for North Chow down Cambridgeshire, for an interview recognize the value of life as a first-time Perishing.

He said he was spoken for to do this until initially 2011.