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Last week I met with Historic England and toured Grimsby Docks to discuss the work currently being done on the Kasbah.

Great progress is being made on many of our iconic, historic buildings, including the much loved Ice Factory.

Below is an update on some of my activities during the week. 

The absolute focus for our town this coming year is to start to start to see things happening.

I have successfully helped to secure over £88m of funding for the council’s regeneration plans. We now need to see them start this year.

I visited NAViGO Mental Health Service today to speak with CEO Simon Beeton. He updated me on the support they have offered since starting in North East Lincolnshire 11 years ago.

It's been a busy week again in Parliament. I have been working with colleagues on the Online Safety Bill and the Levelling Up Bill. I support making directors of social media companies being personally liable for not removing illegal content online.

In the House of Commons, I asked a question to Secretary of State for Education Gillian Keegan MP about increasing provisions for vocational skills and qualifications, particularly in constituencies like Great Grimsby.

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I participated in a Question and Answer event recently attended at Franklin Sixth Form College, this was attended by over 200 students.

The students asked some great questions about our fishing industry, the economy, adult social care, and many other topics.

I recently met up with the new Fisheries Minister Mark Spencer MP. I invited him to meet with colleagues in the fish processing industry in Great Grimsby.

Unfortunately, due to attending a Parliamentary Committee, I am unable to join him - but he is fully briefed!

Together with Holly Mumby-Croft MP and Martin Vickers MP I met with Trans Pennine Express trains to complain about the abysmal service provided to constituents on the line from Grimsby & Cleethorpes.

It was a great privilege to meet apprentices from Ørsted who visited Parliament as part of Wind Energy Week 2022.