It was great to get away from the Parliamentary hothouse and spend some quality time with the guys from The Angling Trust fishing on Thames Water's amazing Walthamstow fishery in the heart of London.

FULL SPEECH HERE:

Good evening, Mr Deputy Speaker. Meur ras—thank you—for allowing me to speak in the debate. The people of Cornwall will be saluting you.

The Royal Cornwall Show showcases the best of food and farming. It is our county's largest annual event which benefits agriculture, tourism and the economy and I am proud that we get to host it in North Cornwall.

The UK Space Agency and Cornwall Council intend to make available up to £20 million for Spaceport Cornwall and US launch operator Virgin Orbit to develop facilities and operational capabilities that would enable small satellite launch from Cornwall in the early 2020s.

The Camel Estuary has been designated as one of 41 new UK Marine Conservation Zones, marking the most significant expansion of England’s ‘Blue Belt’ of protected areas to date.

•Largest and most sheltered marine inlet on the north Cornwall coast, covering approximately 2 km2.

I had a brilliant morning at Tre, Pol & Pen visiting the shop and restaurant. The range of local produce really impressed me, and as Chairman of the Dairy APPG in Parliament I'd like to give a shout out to Cornish Moo milk, which was used to make my 'Cornish cream tea' milkshake!

STATEMENT ON LATEST BREXIT PROPOSAL

Although I will give every consideration to the Prime Minister’s latest proposal, as I did with the 585-page Withdrawal Agreement, the initial signs suggest that I will be unable to support it for several reasons.

Three schools in North Cornwall will benefit from the Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RCG) programme.

RGC is a two year, £200 million UK-wide programme focused on rural areas and the Government has initially prioritised sites including Cornwall.

On Friday we teamed up with Job Centre Plus and Launceston Town Council to host a jobs fair in Launceston Town Hall where we had over 30 businesses and organisations attend.

It was great to meet all the local businesses and see so many people eager to get involved, a fantastic success.

I've had productive discussions with Defra officials regarding my Bathing Waters Bill which aims to radically reduce sewage pollution in our marine environment.