Jayne Kirkham

I do. Second homes are a whole other debate. Every parish should be able to identify a community hub that residents can go to in an emergency. It should have a generator, battery…

Really quickly.

That is exactly what we need more of. In an emergency, we need a camping stove, water, a battery-powered radio—BBC Radio Cornwall was fantastic during Storm Goretti—torches, spare…

Yes, I agree. One of the most profound lessons that we must learn from Storm Goretti is to increase communications infrastructure, particularly in rural areas. Many of our constit…

That is why a satellite link across villages might be something to consider. On broadband, Openreach and service providers do not have a good system of fault notification. During…

That sounds like an interesting proposal. Our local resilience centre was in Exeter, and I think that is why the category 1 responders did not declare a major incident; Exeter is…

I understand the hon. Member’s point, and I know that his constituency was the worst affected, with people losing their water as well as their power. I agree that we must learn th…

As my hon. Friend’s constituency is next to mine, he will know that we have exactly the same problems in Truro and Falmouth, and I will move on to that next. I have had wash-up me…

The hon. Member feels my pain. Yes, of course we need a strategic plan for our rail in the south-west. That is fundamental, and I will come on to it later.

Yes, a great deal of work will have to be done in future, because this will not get better; it will get worse. Businesses that rely on electricity and broadband are paralysed by o…

I am a Cornish MP, and we are a people on the edge. With sea on three sides and cut off from England by a river and a precarious train line, we have become used to being at the ce…

I agree with the hon. Member. We must prioritise flooding, which is becoming more and more of a risk. Every week when I get on the train—which has often been a bus—from Cornwall t…