Power the Nation, Preserve Suffolk Coastal. That's what I've has been campaigning for ever since the Suffolk coast was threatened by numerous onshore connections for offshore wind. I'm delighted the PM has now agreed to review these in…
Therese welcomed students from Alde Valley School to Westminster recently as part of the All-Party Parliamentary Engineering Group discussion on robotics. They were joined by representatives of Sizewell B and other young engineers to learn…
Statement from Therese on Felixstowe North: Local residents on the Citizen Panel have contacted me with concerns about the updated vision they were shown last week that sees more homes and less green space put forward by the consultants,…
Therese repeated her request for a moratorium on energy connections on the Suffolk Coast during a debate in the House of Commons last night. Pressing all the way up to the dissolution of Parliament that the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan…
Therese met the Home Secretary, James Cleverly, this week to discuss local policing, rural crime and how we now have the highest ever number of police officers in Suffolk - helped by significant government funding. She also discussed…
Therese has had a number of constituents contact her recently about the proposals by Cadent to upgrade the gas main along Ufford High Street. The works were delayed recently because of the impact it will have on local residents and local…
One of the bathing sites designated last year was on the River Deben at Waldringfield. Bathing season has started again, so there will be weekly testing once again. The site received a poor status overall last year due to just one…
Therese's Private Members Bill to give police more powers to combat livestock worrying successfully passed through the House of Commons today. More detail in the video.
The East Suffolk Catchment Partnership has today launched the River Deben Action Plan following the roundtable Therese convened in Woodbridge last summer. The Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust worked with partners including the Upper Deben…
Therese visited Nationwide’s Felixstowe branch to thank them for their commitment to retain a high street presence and meet the dedicated staff working hard to support customers.
Last week, Therese met Georgia Harrison, a former Love Island contestant and victim of revenge porn, who is campaigning on the issue of intimate image abuse.
LINK has today confirmed that local people will be able to continue to access banking services in the community through a new banking hub. Furthermore, Barclays have committed to keeping the branch open until the hub is ready meaning there…
Today in Parliament, Thérèse, took her Protection of Livestock Private Members Bill through the Committee Stage. If approved, the new laws will give police more powers to tackle dog attacks on livestock, including seizing dogs after…
On Saturday, Therese visited National Coastwatch Institution Felixstowe as part of their open day at Martello Tower P. The objective of NCI Felixstowe is to assist in the protection and preservation of life at sea and along the coastline.
Therese has pressed the case again with the Post Office to reinstate the Kelsale outreach service. She was speaking during a delegated legislation committee about the Post Office network subsidy cap which is due to rise from £500m to £750m…
Therese met the Deputy Chief Executive of LINK, Adrian Roberts, earlier this week to continue her campaign for a banking hub in Leiston and with it the potential to retain Barclays Bank for longer.
Therese has written an article in today’s Daily Telegraph about why she's backing Theresa Villiers’s Private Members Bill to ban the sale of peat. You can read it here
Therese has called on the County Council to pause any further work on the Active Travel scheme for the town - and has suggested that any future proposals to encourage more walking and cycling would be more readily accepted if they weren’t…
Therese has welcomed the news that LINK - the organisation that’s responsible for assessing banking hubs – has agreed to re-evaluate the need for a hub in the Leiston area following the impending closure of Barclays Bank.
The first full data of sewage overflows being used was published recently. As a Minister, Therese worked hard on this issue – including getting full transparency. A year ago, she published the Plan for Water, an integrated plan for…