Enhancing Our Coasts

Hamble

We are lucky to live along the most beautiful coastline in the country, mixing wildlife-rich habitats with vibrant communities. Paul will work with local partners to enrich the natural environment, improve coastal defence structures, boost our maritime economy, and ensure sustainable access for locals and visitors. 

 

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Paul opens new Solicitors office in Fair Oak

It was great to be invited to open the new office of Bramsdon & Childs solicitors in Fair Oak today where I met Serhan and his team. I'm always delighted to see new businesses moving into the area and wish the organisation every success. Having myself in the past searched for a good solicitor,

Paul meets Rail Minister to discuss Eastleigh's Great British Railways Bid

I was delighted to meet with Rail Minister, Wendy Morton MP today to discuss Eastleigh's Bid for the Headquarters of Great British Railways. The competition is now open and I am now working with our local Councils and the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to put forward a compelling and att

Paul Campaigns to Bring Great British Railways Headquarters to Eastleigh

Today, I'm launching my campaign to bring the headquarters of Great British Railways, the new public body to manage our railways, to Eastleigh. The Government has announced a competition for the new headquarters and stated that it would like to locate Great British Railways new headquarters in a hi

Paul asks for more job and skills training for young people

On Monday, I raised the importance of high-quality skills training and job opportunities with the Employment Minister in Parliament. As we recover from the pandemic, it is vitally important that young people are not disadvantaged so I welcomed the announcement of a new Youth Hub in Eastleigh to hel

Summer Update 4 - Helping businesses effected by floods in Botley

The recent floods at Botley have had enormous impact on many of the local businesses who are based at Botley Mills.  I have visited Botley Mills on both of the two occasions that there has been flooding on the site to try and assist those businesses who have been forced to close and lost

Summer Update 2 - Visit to Proteum

Continuing my summer tour of businesses in our maritime sector, I also had the privilege to visit Proteum who are based at Hamble Point Marina and provide marine diesel engines and support services for customers all over the world.  From engineering staff, apprentices and staff to se

Summer Update 1 - Visit to Elephant Boatyard

While Parliament was sitting and with restrictions now eased, it was great to visit a number of local businesses including those in boating and maritime sector which is a vital part of our regional economy.  One of these businesses was the Elephant Boatyard which is situated on the s

Paul asks Energy Minister about decarbonising the UK's energy supply

At questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy today, I asked the Minister about the progress that the UK Government is making on decarbonising our energy supply.  This process is absolutely essential to not only helping us meet our climate targets but also