Therese attended the unveiling of the statue of Millicent Garrett-Fawcett in Parliament Square today, the woman who led the way through the suffragists to secure the vote for women 100 years ago.
At this week's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Theresa May announced the Government's intention to ban the sale of plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds and called on other Commonwealth countries to join us.
This is the update that I have shared with those who signed my Felixstowe Academy petition. If you have not signed yet, please do so at the link below as I will present it to Parliament when I return from the Easter recess.
I met Digital Leaders from Childnet International and Anti-Bullying Ambassadors from The Diana Award in Parliament recently to hear more about their efforts to eliminate bullying and promote digital citizenship both on and offline.
I’ve launched a mobile phone signal and broadband survey to identify any remaining not spots in Suffolk Coastal. Feedback from residents will enable me to work with the government and providers to make poor signal in Suffolk a thing of the past.
Barclays Bank recently announced it would be closing its Leiston branch in May. This was the last bank in Leiston and the last branch of Barclays in Suffolk Coastal after the closures of seven other branches since 2010.
