I was delighted yesterday to deliver a keynote speech at the UK Innovation Corridor annual conference – titled “How can the UK Innovation Corridor grow international trade?”

It was brilliant to pick up my regular schedule of constituency school visits again this past Friday – visiting Necton Church of England Primary School to continue in person the crucial conversations I have been having with Norfolk education leaders.

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After all the sacrifices of the last year-by households, families and our local small businesses-the end of Covid Restrictions on June 21st is an important date: a point of hope to look forward to.

Our corner of Norfolk is home to some of the most exciting science and innovation – creating the incredible jobs of tomorrow, and generating growth and prosperity.

The UK’s Net Zero commitments to Offshore Wind will make the Southern North Sea the global hub of wind energy production – nowhere else will there be a greater concentration of Offshore Wind Infrastructure.

This past Friday I joined a Zoom meeting with Yaxham Parish Council members, as well as representatives of Flagship Housing, Anglian Water and Norfolk County Council’s Highways and Flood/Water Management teams.

In response the terrible flooding that hit large parts of Mid Norfolk just before Christmas, and in the early months of this year, I convened a Mid Norfolk Flood Partnership to give our affected local communities a stronger voice to speak out on the issue.

Earlier this year, the Mid Norfolk Flood Partnership group wrote to Lord Dannatt, Chair of the Norfolk Strategic Flood Alliance, to outline our 14 recommendations for actions that needed to be taken to ensure the county was much better placed to respond to, and mitigate for, future flood events.