Dementia touches all of our lives, and for constituent Tricia, it was her personal experience that drove her to organise the Dementia Awareness and Signposting Event I held in Bury St Edmunds yesterday.
It's been a packed parliamentary session!
Parliament has now prorogued ahead of the King's Speech on 7th November- here's what that means, and what comes next.
This morning before Parliament prorogued I had the honour of delivering a message from the King in my role as Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household to the House of Commons.
On Saturday night with excess rainfall across the constituency and bulging rivers, I asked Therese Coffey to request that we could start abstracting from the rivers. The Rat in Rattlesden in particular, needed water taking from it, but the problem was across Bury St Edmunds.
Cancer touches all of our lives, and for many of us, we know a friend or loved one that has been affected by breast cancer. Around 55,000 women in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. I was one of those.
Reading brings health benefits for all members of our communities, but for children in particular, it helps them to learn, improves mood and broadens their horizons.
Last week I had a really good meeting at the Sicklesmere Road site with Denbury Homes and Hopkins Homes to discuss enhancing the river Lark encouraging otters and access and how more can be done to support nature (including swift bricks) on properties.
