🙏I hope I may be forgiven the briefest moment of satisfaction in the statement on trade figures.

Today is a landmark moment in the defence of the United Kingdom.

We’ll spend an extra £75 billion in defence over the next six years.

▪️ Protecting our security and prosperity
▪️ Backing Ukraine for the long-term
▪️ Leading the way in European security

Rishi Sunak’s best day as PM. Defence of the Realm should always be the Conservative Party’s first and fundamental mission.

My Plan for a Safer Essex | Roger Hirst for Essex hirst4essex.uk/my-plan-safer-…

This week in the UK House of Commons, MPs will debate:

- The Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill
- The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
- Access to migraine treatment

and more. Read our research ahead of this week’s debates: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-for-c…

Have been discussing what the right future might be for Mistley Place Park, with local residents, who showed me around.

Lovely day to be in Mistley

I’m staggered by this: Labour’s Shadow Chancellor has confirmed she’s supporting pylons across our countryside….just days before we are due to get a long awaited independent report setting out alternative transmission options. Talk about jumping the gun!

ipswichstar.co.uk/news/24153479.…

Yesterday, I met with Energy Minister Graham Stuart to discuss removing any need for a new Ardleigh substation, and this means that the Tarchon interconnector from Germany must connect somewhere else. Then pylons and undergrounding through Dedham Vale is eliminated!

𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

Friday 1st December, 6 for 6:30pm

St Mary's Church, New Church Road, West Bergholt, CO6 3JE

Delivering word in Fordham today of our public meeting, speakers include Bernard Jenkin

Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons

We are still receiving written evidence to this inquiry. Please submit! Liaison Committee

Our Chair, Bernard Jenkin asks how is the Government approaching the big strategic issues facing us, and can we improve the scrutiny of strategic thinking in Government?

Please submit evidence to our inquiry by 15 October: committees.parliament.uk/committee/677/…

The launch this month of Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) (Health Services Safety Investigation Body) is a great success for PACAC Committee and its predecessor PASC, which recommended setting up this new body in 2015…. protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/LZTRCQn9wCkA…

Info about new Health Services Safety Investigation Body can be found here hssib.org.uk/about-us/hsib-…. This is a watershed in the transformation of the culture of patient safety - a world first, watched around the world, and will no doubt be replicated in other nations.

As today marks World Mental Health Day, I encourage everyone to take time to check in with their mental health: oml.world. Our mental health is important, not just today but everyday! #WBMHCI

An armed OCG responsible for trafficking drugs & moving a large quantity of firearms have been jailed for a total of 85 years after they were dismantled by detectives. Body worn video footage shows the moment armed police stopped a car being driven by one of the OCG members

Public meeting. Ardleigh Village Hall. Friday 15th Sept. 7pm

Yesterday I spoke in the Chamber on the issue of RAAC, seeking urgent assurances from the Secretary of State that schools in Harwich & North Essex are receiving the immediate support they need from the Government.