Enhancing Our Coasts

It was great to be invited to open the new office of Bramsdon & Childs solicitors in Fair Oak today where I met Serhan and his team.

I'm always delighted to see new businesses moving into the area and wish the organisation every success.

I was delighted to meet with Rail Minister, Wendy Morton MP today to discuss Eastleigh's Bid for the Headquarters of Great British Railways.

Today I spoke about my campaign to get Great British Railways, the new HQ for our railways, to Eastleigh in a parliamentary debate.

Today, I'm launching my campaign to bring the headquarters of Great British Railways, the new public body to manage our railways, to Eastleigh.

On Monday, I raised the importance of high-quality skills training and job opportunities with the Employment Minister in Parliament.

It was a delight to visit Sainsbury's Hedge End and be shown around the store by Gary Wardle, the branch manager. It was also a great opportunity to speak with staff who absolutely lived up to the title "key workers" during the pandemic.

The recent floods at Botley have had enormous impact on many of the local businesses who are based at Botley Mills. 

Continuing my summer tour of businesses in our maritime sector, I also had the privilege to visit Proteum who are based at Hamble Point Marina and provide marine diesel engines and support services for customers all over the world. 

While Parliament was sitting and with restrictions now eased, it was great to visit a number of local businesses including those in boating and maritime sector which is a vital part of our regional economy. 

At questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy today, I asked the Minister about the progress that the UK Government is making on decarbonising our energy supply.