Great weather and great turnout at eat Clevedon!
eat:Festivals is a social enterprise focused on reconnecting people with the productive landscape that surrounds them. They showcase local food and drink producers at busy, one day food and drink festivals in town centres across Somerset.
Thrilled that my Private Members bill on fair arbitration for those affected by new electricity transmission (pylons) has passed all its Parliamentary stages. It is now awaiting Royal Assent, after which it will become law.
Dr Liam Fox MP visits Penny Brohn UK. Beautiful gardens in North Somerset. It was great to visit this morning. There is also an oak tree on the grounds that was a sapling when Charles II was on the throne.
I recently had the honour of meeting Lyne Biewinga, Executive Director of the Netherlands British Chamber of Commerce. We discussed the UK’s ever closer trading relationship with the Netherlands, the Innovation Zero Conference occurring next week, and the exciting future of green tech
The results of the local elections were disappointing for the Conservatives, but they were neither catastrophic nor unprecedented.
Poor results in 2013 did not stop the party winning an overall majority in 2015 and the 30% vote share obtained in the 2019 local elections was followed by a 43.7% vote
I was delighted to meet HRH Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UK. We discussed our nation’s shared agenda and desire for closer co-operation.
