Last week, Therese visited Rock Barracks near Woodbridge (home to 23 Parachute Engineers and 28 Engineers Regiments) with fellow Suffolk MP and Minister of State for Defence Procurement, James Cartlidge MP.
Therese said: "Rock Barracks itself is a modern base that has seen lots of investment, including in its homes for our finest and bravest. However, some of the older accommodation from the legacy RAF Woodbridge has not been well serviced by the contractor Amey - causing difficulties for families. We had a thorough discussion and I was assured that there has been a lot of progress in rectifying these issues. I look forward to meeting Amey and service families onsite in the near future to keep up progress."
"While at the base, we had presentations from the regiments on the work they have been doing both at home and on operations abroad. We also discussed preparations for 70 Gurkha Parachute Squadron, part of the Queen's Gurkha Engineers, to be housed at Rock Barracks. We were both presented with a ceremonial scarf, and then treated to a demonstration of their fighting drill."
