Speeches by Riddell-Carpenter.

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

“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 …”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that, while tackling Parkinson’s and highlighting the issue today is critical, we also have to make sure that we look at Parkinson’s with dementia and all the other challenges that come with such a complex set of health issues.”

“12. What steps she is taking to improve mobile coverage in rural areas.”

“In Suffolk Coastal, about three quarters of households have indoor service for voice calls, compared with the national average of over 90%. Across Woodbridge, Bawdsey and the peninsula, so many households rely on network coverage, but they have zero service. Will the Minister meet me to discuss this important issue, wh…”

“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about road safety measures near schools; and for connected purposes. Every parent knows that heart-stopping moment when they watch their child cross the road and just pray that drivers are paying attention. For too many families in my constituency,…”

“We have talked about the many elements that make this incredibly complicated to manage from the human perspective, the MHCLG perspective, but also the coastal management angle. Will you commit to developing and resourcing a national strategy for coastal adaptation to provide that certainty that not just my constituents…”

“In this specific case, as much as funding is critical, there are examples—and this would have been an example where the community themselves would have funded adaptations had they been able to get it through planning in time; in this case they were not. There is a wider issue about where funding does need to be granted…”

“On the point of funding investment for coastal communities and flooding—correct me if I am wrong, but obviously there is no ring-fenced allocation for coastal erosion, which is very different to flooding; it has a very different set of needs. My constituents are also affected by flooding. I am not trying to advocate fo…”

“I represent Suffolk Coastal, obviously on the Suffolk coast. Unfortunately, in the last two weeks we have lost a home to coastal erosion in Thorpeness, and there is a strong indication that it will not be the only home we lose this winter to coastal erosion. We are an island. It feels like how we plan and co-ordinate c…”

“We have a stand-alone session on coastal erosion and landslips next week. I am sure the Committee will be writing to you following that and I will be following up with you. Now I just want to pick up a few things that you said. Coastal management does fall within DEFRA. I can give you the example of the family, a lady …”

“Can we quickly touch on biodiversity net gain? I appreciate that the consultation has just closed and up to 90% of what would have been eligible may not be now. That would slow the market for investment, which I know in your previous statement would be a focus for where profitability could be coming from, from cross-su…”

“In the past 15 years, there have been 170 cases of matricide. In 2022, more women were killed by their sons than by strangers. Child-to-parent abuse is often linked to complex mental health issues, and earlier this year I met Laura and Ian who are doing all they can to support their son in his rehabilitation after serv…”

“On 18 October, the post office in Leiston shut its counter for the final time. Will the Leader of the House do two things: will he join me in urging the Post Office to urgently secure alternative premises, and will he support me in my request to have a meeting with the relevant Minister to discuss this vital issue?”

“I will try to keep it brief and to time. First on drought and then we will move on to abstractions. What is your reading of the latest situation over the summer and into the months where we are now? What is the assessment that you have made and specifically the effectiveness of water companies, drought plans and their …”

“My final point—it is more of a point than a question—goes back to the amazing innovation happening in the east of England, in Suffolk Coastal, as an example. A lot of farmers have told me that over the last 20 years—since the late ’90s—they have worked very closely with the EA to develop and foster a good working relat…”

“I appreciate that. One of the sincerest challenges that I see is Suffolk Coastal, a big agriculture area with a big industry in Sizewell. I see a lot of those pressures that we talk about from water resilience play out daily in Suffolk Coastal. We need to talk about monitoring. I had a farm visit on Friday. The constit…”

“On that point of the summer, 240 farmers in the Ely Ouse catchment area were subject to an abstraction ban in July that was imposed quite suddenly, with no warning. Lots of campaigners there—the farmers working with bodies such as the NFU—worked really hard and at pace to get some abstractions overturned. It was reduce…”

“Mine will be brief because it is on a very similar theme to Jayne’s: licensing permits. Just to add two examples to that. I would say it is probably the biggest amount of casework that I have about the EA in my inbox from farmers and river partnership trusts. Licensing for farmers will often cost 600 quid to get a lice…”

“5. What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of providing additional funding to support tourism in areas affected by major energy infrastructure projects.”