Westminster Hall
14 July 2026
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Westminster Hall Actual start House of Commons
15:40 - 15:45
Speaker 1
Order, order. Richard Quigley to move the motion.
15:45 - 16:39
Speaker 2
I beg to move that this House has considered isolation and hidden deprivation in coastal towns. Thank you, Chair. May I say what a stupendous pleasure it is to serve under your incredible chairmanship.
With so much discussion in recent weeks about the North-South divide, I thought this debate would be the perfect opportunity to bring colleagues from coastal communities together for the time-honoured parliamentary tradition of comparing notes on who has been most overlooked for funding. While I joke, there is a serious point. Communities like mine often feel isolated, not just from funding and opportunity, but from the national conversation. The challenges facing the Isle of Wight have in recent years rarely made headlines or shaped the political agenda. But that does not make them any less real or important to those of us who live there.
What is great about securing this debate is we can highlight in glorious technicolour the deprivation faced by coastal communities and how it is simply not seen as urgent, visible, or politically fashionable to champion by those meant to represent us.
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