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  I met the Minister for Levelling Up to discuss our islands bid for £17m of UK government Levelling Up Funding - and our bid for Anglesey to become a Freeport. Anglesey has already been awarded o𝘃𝗲𝗿 £𝟮𝟬𝟬𝗺 in funds from the UK Government 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 and I will cont

I spoke in Business Questions in the UK House of Commons and asked the Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt MP the following: "‘𝘠𝘯𝘺𝘴 𝘔ô𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘥 - 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘩 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 60

Today is National Mentoring Day and an opportunity to reach out and help others. The day was created by Chelsey Baker, an award-winning business mentor to help encourage and celebrate mentoring in all its forms. I was the first person in my family to stay on at school beyond the age of 16 - becaus

It is a honour to have been selected to serve on the new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill Committee. The Bill Committee will meet four times a week for the next five weeks. The Bill featured in the May 2022 Queen’s Speech. The Bill will prevent organised criminals, fraudsters and te

I have backed Rishi to be Prime Minister and I am delighted he will now take up residence at Downing Street. But he faces huge challenges around the economy, the war in Ukraine and the cost of living.

The closure of the Menai Bridge continues to cause problems for many of my constituents this week. Myself and the Shadow Minister for Transport and Technology Natasha Asghar MS have written a joint letter directly to Welsh Government leader Mark Drakeford which you can see below. Both Natasha and

I am grateful to Sam Rowlands MS for raising the issue of the Menai Bridge closure in the Senedd yesterday, following the joint letter that myself and Natasha Asghar MS wrote directly to the First Minister Mark Drakeford. Transport is of course a devolved area – however it is hugely positive to be

I am shocked and appalled by the sudden decision by Welsh Government to close the Menai Bridge - without notice - for up to four months due to structural weakness caused by heavy traffic. This is a problem that should have been anticipated. The Welsh Labour Government - propped up by Plaid Cymru -

I spoke in a debate this morning - following a marathon Welsh Affairs Select Committee session on ‘Nuclear Energy in Wales’ - to speak in the Westminster Hall debate on ‘Energy Support for off-grid homes’. The debate was well attended - however disappointingly 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 Labour MP came to lobby the En

In Welsh Questions today I lobbied the Minister to help my Ynys Môn constituents with their fuel bills. "Mr Speaker Nearly 60% of my constituents on Ynys Môn rely on off-grid energy for heating.