I was extremely alarmed to read the findings of the Ernst & Young audit report into the procurement of the £1000-a-day consultancy contract at North Norfolk District Council, both in the local press and more widely through the BBC.
Duncan has recently taken on the role of 'Species Champion', one of a number of MPs working with the Rethink Nature Partnership to tackle decline in species populations in the UK.
As part of a £200 million government investment in its Flood & Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme, a new scheme has been launched in North Norfolk - one of two priority areas chosen to pilot support programmes for communities at greatest risk from coastal erosion.
North Norfolk MP Duncan Baker will be spending this year’s Parliamentary recesses learning more about some of the challenges faced by workers in the care sector, ambulance service, farming, and fishing.
Today Duncan asked Iain Stewart MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland) about the steps he is taking to support island communities in Scotland.