Speeches by Riddell-Carpenter.

“I represent Suffolk Coastal. We have the Port of Felixstowe, which is not Ro/Ro but we have a history of intercepting illegal meat smuggling from containers on lorries. How does the discussion that we have had apply to non-Ro/Ro vans? Because in the Port of Felixstowe’s case, we are not talking about vans; we are talki…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the things this Labour Government could do is to bring forward a dedicated rural strategy, which would address many of the issues he is referring to and build a stronger, better rural Britain?”

“This autumn Budget will make a real and material difference to families across the country, including thousands in my constituency. Cutting energy bills by £150, capping rail fares and freezing NHS prescription charges are exactly the measures that my constituents have been asking for. We are giving people the breathin…”

“Q11. Last week, Roman Osborne—a 10-year-old from my constituency—hand-delivered a letter to 10 Downing Street to tell the Prime Minister about an accident he had in February outside his primary school at Trimley St Martin, which left him spending three days in hospital and many more months recovering. Will the Prime Mi…”

“Understood. Thank you. To unpick the issue of Thorpeness and Jean a bit more, one of the biggest lessons—certainly that I have taken away—from this experience is that we have to understand that these people are going through trauma. If that is our starting point, then all our stakeholders and all our engagement needs t…”

“Yes, understood. I will move on shortly, but I want to reflect on some of the other traumas that come with this, just to put it on record. There is an element of tourism trauma. For context, Thorpeness is a big tourist destination on the Suffolk coast. In fact, it is a tourism destination that dates back to the Victori…”

“Thank you all for being here. Karen, I am obviously the Suffolk Coastal MP, and you and I have worked closely together over the last few months on some of the coastal erosions you have alluded to. For context and for the record, we have some active erosion in my constituency at the moment. Thorpeness is the place that …”

“This can be a yes or no answer. Karen, you alluded earlier to infrastructure projects that could help pay for some of this stuff. Are you saying it is National Grid, Sea Link, LionLink and Sizewell C that could be part of the solution in the Suffolk case? Yes or no?”

“If there was to be an open-source database for sales?”

“Would you both agree—this was brought up in the earlier session—about the Flood Re principle, of having a coastal Re principle? I imagine you would both be in favour of that. Secondly, would an open-source database that sits alongside a coastal Re model be something you would both advocate for?”

“That is shocking to hear.”

“This is the final section, you will be glad to hear. There are a few things that we have been covering off that are particularly interesting. Before I dive into some of the questions around appraising coastal risk, could you give me your views on citizen monitoring and the evidence gathering that is happening in our co…”

“This is the final section, you will be glad to hear. There are a few things that we have been covering off that are particularly interesting. Before I dive into some of the questions around appraising coastal risk, could you give me your views on citizen monitoring and the evidence gathering that is happening in our co…”

“We are going to come on to that, but I want to push you on the data gathering. One of the concerns that I have in my interactions with the EA, and I appreciate you are more of a strategic oversight, is that there is often a lack of urgency when I am directly engaging with the local EA around some of the issues that we …”

“That is shocking to hear.”

“Which Department would have that responsibility?”

“Thank you all for being here. Karen, I am obviously the Suffolk Coastal MP, and you and I have worked closely together over the last few months on some of the coastal erosions you have alluded to. For context and for the record, we have some active erosion in my constituency at the moment. Thorpeness is the place that …”

“Yes, understood. I will move on shortly, but I want to reflect on some of the other traumas that come with this, just to put it on record. There is an element of tourism trauma. For context, Thorpeness is a big tourist destination on the Suffolk coast. In fact, it is a tourism destination that dates back to the Victori…”

“This can be a yes or no answer. Karen, you alluded earlier to infrastructure projects that could help pay for some of this stuff. Are you saying it is National Grid, Sea Link, LionLink and Sizewell C that could be part of the solution in the Suffolk case? Yes or no?”

“We are going to come on to that, but I want to push you on the data gathering. One of the concerns that I have in my interactions with the EA, and I appreciate you are more of a strategic oversight, is that there is often a lack of urgency when I am directly engaging with the local EA around some of the issues that we …”