Waveney Valley MP sets out environmental and flood management priorities for 2026
He says he'll maintain his commitment to listening to his constituents
The MP for Waveney Valley says he will continue focusing on visibility in the community, environmental projects and support for residents affected by flooding as the new year approaches.
Adrian Ramsay said his ambition remains to be following his commitment to his constituents: “What I pledged when I was elected to be an MP is to be visible and active in my constituency, and that's what I'm doing… holding surgeries regularly in the constituency, visiting community groups, schools, visiting local businesses, making sure that I'm there to support people on the issues that affects them.”
He said he has worked with “hundreds of people” on individual issues and received messages from “thousands” of constituents on national matters: “Making sure I'm an active community representative is really crucial.”
Looking ahead to 2026, Mr Ramsay said environmental work will remain a major focus, particularly in schools and community-led projects.
He said: “Environmental issues are a big concern locally in Waveney Valley in our region, and there are a number of things that I'm working on. One of them is I'm working with the schools in Waveney Valley to ensure every school has a climate action plan.”
Outlining the purpose of that work, he added: “That's about improving the energy efficiency of the actual school estates… opportunities for renewable energy, for food growing and so on, but also how that benefits children in the curriculum as well, how they learn to be engaged with environmental issues.”
He said he hopes Waveney Valley could be “the first constituency” where every school has an environmental action plan.
Mr Ramsay also plans to connect local organisations through a new conference next spring.
He said: “What I'm building up for in March is I'm going to be building a conference open to anyone in Waveney Valley who might be part of a community organisation or a charity… if they've got an interest in doing more work on practical local environmental topics, then we'll be bringing people together to share good practise.”
He added that the area already has “lots of leading environmental projects at the local level on everything from community energy to nature recovery to natural flood management.”
Flooding remains a concern for many residents, with the MP saying he continues to support those still seeking action following previous storms.
He said: “I've got lots of residents who've been impacted by flooding at different points in the last few years… and I'm still taking up cases where people are waiting all the action to be taken that's needed to avoid risks of the same sorts of flooding happening again.”
Calling for greater national and local action, he added:
“We do need action to step up work on flood management… I've been advocating for particular villages, particular constituents who've been impacted and then at a wider level."
He said preparedness needs to improve:
“We need to do that in terms of the funding that we put in and our general level preparedness… it's very clear not just from me, but from what the climate change Committee said that we're just not well enough prepared as a country.”