Good afternoon! Another warm welcome to my regular e-newsletter where you can read what I have been doing as your local Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon. This edition covers my work in the first quarter of 2024.
Another warm welcome to my regular e-newsletter where you can read what I have been doing as your local Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon. This edition covers my work in September and October.
I am delighted that the Prime Minister has announced the Government has approved the reopening of the Tavistock to Plymouth Railway line with a new station to be built in Tavistock.
In March, Natural England suddenly announced, without consultation, and just as the lambing and calving season commenced, that it would require dramatic reductions in grazing, for both livestock and the famous Dartmoor ponies.
"Many residents of the Alverdiscott area have been writing to me to express their grave concerns about the inadequacy of the consultation, and the information available to them, about the Xlinks Solar Project, and the proposal to construct, over at least five years, a 55-acre industrial site for
Geoffrey has written to Torridge District Council about a recent feasibility study on whether to use part of South Street Car Park for housing development. He said:
Geoffrey has hailed the selection by the MOD of a consortium, including Appledore Shipyard and Harland & Wolff, as preferred bidder to build three Fleet Support ships worth £1.6 Billion for the Royal Navy as “the most fantastic news” and a vindication of the faith local communities have had i
