Energy security is vital to UK prosperity. As a net importer of all main fuel types, further investment in domestic production is needed to not only limit our exposure to foreign shocks impacting the cost or supply of fossil fuels, but to facilitate the transition to a net zero economy and to diversify our energy portfolio.

When the prime minister used one of his first speeches to talk about ‘levelling up’ England’s left-behind regions, he could quite well have been referring to the lack of opportunities available to young adults in deprived coastal or rural communities, with no clear career pathway after leaving secondary school.

The Debate in the House of Commons on the Queen’s Speech provided me with an opportunity to outline the needs of the Waveney economy. 

Whilst the storm surge hit a relatively small area of Lowestoft, its impact on those living and working there, including vulnerable groups such as those at the Fyffe Centre and at Levington Court, has been devastating.

The whole country has been shocked by the rioting triggered by the death of Mark Duggan in Tottenham.