It's International Women's Day, a day on which women all over the world are recognised and celebrated. The official IWD website invites us to 'imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
For World Book Day I joined children at my local bookshop Read on Sea for a storytime session. The shop’s motto is ‘sit sip read’ and it’s my favourite kind of bookshop, full of fabulous books with delicious food and drink on the side.
On Thursday 7th March I attended an event to raise awareness of the wreck of the London, a 17th century warship, situated at the bottom of the Thames Estuary in Southend.
On Tuesday 5th March, I called on Dame Andrea Leadsom MP, Minister for Public Health, Start for Life and Primary Care, to meet with me, local pharmacist Mohamed Fayyaz Haji and the local Integrated Care Board (ICB), to deliver a new NHS dental practice in Belfairs.
On Tuesday 5th March, I hurried from the Chamber where I'd been speaking in the Health and Social Care session, and went straight to the on-site Education Centre. I was keen to join the 16 children from the school council at West Leigh Junior School who were on a day visit to Parliament.
Whose job is it to protect our children from online harm? That is the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question. Is it the tech companies? Schools? The Government? Parents and carers? The correct answer of course, is all of the above, so why aren’t we doing it?
Sunday 18th February was a little different from usual in that I went out to sea with local and regional fishermen to discuss the best ways to make the most of new fishing opportunities that have been identified in the Thames Estuary.
