Growing up locally and attending Plymouth High School for Girls, Rebecca cares deeply about improving life chances for young people in South West Devon.
Rebecca is rapidly building close relationships with each of the 37 schools in her constituency. She speaks at school assemblies, hosts school classes in Parliament and runs a popular work experience programme to share her work as a constituency MP and help open doors for young people. Rebecca also runs an annual Christmas card competition, inviting primary schoolchildren to submit their designs.
Rebecca is one of the most active new MPs in Parliament and regularly asks Ministers questions and delivers speeches on education policy. Listening to constituents' concerns about the Government's Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, the South West Devon MP has raised pressing questions about the axing of Academies (a status held by all secondary schools in the constituency), excessive red tape for home educators, and supported lodgings for care leavers.
Understanding the need to create a skilled local workforce, Rebecca is a strong supporter of apprenticeships. She has met with and continues to lobby the Defence Secretary for skills investment to support Devonport Dockyard's £1bn submarine maintenance role.
View recent articles on Rebecca's work to support education in South West Devon below.
