Last Friday, I convened the second Dartmoor Forum at the Bedford Hotel, Tavistock, following on from the first held at Two Bridges in the summer of 2022. This one was dedicated to 'implementing the Fursdon Review”. facebook.com/GeoffreyCox4TW…

Great to have Steve Barclay Tom Bradshaw David Exwood in Devon today with NFU South - some straight info. Lots of issues to take away & work on. #dartmoorreview #tbpolicy #elms #sfi #naturalengland #planning
Geoffrey Cox KC MP is a brilliant chair and knows everyone’s name!

I was pleased to meet Dartmoor farmers and other local stakeholders in Tavistock today to discuss working together to ensure farming voices are heard alongside recognising the importance of this landscape. (1/2)

There are two possible explanations for the Speaker’s decision to abandon long-standing convention. First, he did it to assist his former party leader get out of a bind. Secondly, as he says, he did it in a misguided attempt to protect certain Labour MPs from the intimidation…

Delighted to welcome Appledore Shipyard Apprentice Ben Blake to Parliament for #NationalApprenticeshipWeek . Now 30 apprentices at our shipyard making naval ships again with Harland and Wolff and a bright future ahead.

My thanks to CEO of Dartmoor MAT and CFO Suzanne Kiff for a good discussion and briefing recently on the submitted plans for new school buildings for Tavistock College as part of the National School Rebuilding Programme.

Congratulations to Dolton and Clinton Church of England schools for their award of the “school of character” quality mark. It was a pleasure to celebrate the award with pupils, staff and parents of these lovely schools. Very well done to all!

This weekend, I visited the Tavistock Memory Café again to meet users of this wonderful service, carers, volunteers, trustees, and our new dementia coordinator, Amanda Bowen, secured with our winning £130,000 lottery bid for the Tavistock Dementia Alliance. My thanks to al!

My thanks to Matt Barrow of CDS and Simon Palmer of Airband for agreeing to come to talk to Mary Tavy, Peter Tavy and Brentor parish councillors about getting gigabit broadband to some of our smaller rural communities today. Several useful actions to take forward.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.

I am extremely grateful to David Fursdon and his panel for their Independent Review of Protected Site Management on Dartmoor. The Dartmoor MPs will be holding a follow-up consultation event in the New Year to discuss the recommendations of which details will be published soon.…

Pleased to support the Outward Bound Trust’s campaign this week for outdoor residential experiences for schoolchildren with Jim McNeill, Explorer and Samantha McNeil of Princetown.