Speeches by Riddell-Carpenter.

“How are we assessing for those exceptional circumstances?”

“The Government have ambitious targets for replacing the use of animals in science and testing. How are you ensuring that we are not going to simply be outsourcing that problem to countries with lower animal welfare standards?”

“You explained the challenge very well. The strategy also defines the vision of replacing animals in research and development in, “All but exceptional circumstances.” What does that mean, and how do we define exceptional circumstances?”

“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…”

“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.”

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

“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 …”

“Which Department would have that responsibility?”

“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?”

“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…”

“Going back to what you were talking about a moment ago, sharing the information and making sure it is better communicated, we have been told that the conveyancing profession lacks understanding of coastal risks—this has come up time and time again—often leaving home buyers and would-be home buyers completely uninformed…”

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

“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…”

“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 …”

“That is shocking to hear.”

“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…”