HERE is the weekly column from MP Simon Fell.

It's been a busy week in Barrow with the town receiving praise from around the globe.

On Wednesday I attended the Commissioning of HMS Anson, the 5th of the seven Astute class submarines under production in Barrow.

At this ceremony the boat is formally handed to the Royal Navy.

Alongside a host of familiar faces from across Barrow & Furness and Cumbria more widely were the Prime Minister, Ben Wallace, the Defence Secretary, Australia's Deputy PM, Anson’s crew, and many of those who were responsible for actually building this remarkable boat.

It was quite the ceremony, with the Royal Navy band accompanying events on Devonshire Dock.

The nuclear reactor on board Anson will never need to be refuelled during her 25-years of service, and the ability to purify her own water and air means that her range will be limited only by the amount of food on board.

As a result, she will be capable of circumnavigating the globe without resurfacing.

That these incredible boats are built here is really something we should be proud of and celebrate - a point made time and again during remarks by the PM, the Defence Secretary, the Chaplain of the Fleet, and BAE’s own Steve Timms.

What goes into a submarine isn’t just hard work and steel, but decades of knowledge and skills, accrued over time, right here in Barrow.

It is a remarkable thing.

But this isn't the only reason that Barrow, and it's shipyard, was in the news. Speaking after the commissioning, the Defence Secretary announced that he was launching a review into the future of the Navy, posing the question that submarines may well be their future, rather than surface boats.

There are few countries in the world who can produce what is made in the shipyard in Barrow (one of the reasons why the Australian PM was present ahead of further announcements on AUKUS), and few places in the world where you can hide, surveil, threaten, and project power more keenly than in the deep seas.

As Ben said during his remarks, "other countries may be able to beg, borrow and steal technologies, but they can't accrue the lifetimes of knowledge that exist in places like Barrow."

This really is a tremendous vote of faith in Barrow's workforce by the Defence Secretary and one I very much welcome.

Barrow could well be responsible for the future of the Navy.

Finally, as you read this column we should know who the next Prime Minister will be.

The announcement will come on Monday afternoon and by Tuesday, after travelling to Ballmoral to meet Her Majesty, they will be in post.

On Saturday I spent a chunk of the day canvassing, knocking on people's doors to take their minds.

As has been the case throughout summer, energy bills came up time and time again.

This is the new PM's first, and most important, task to handle.

The Treasury has prepared options for whoever gets the top job so that they can move with speed, and I very much look forward to them doing so.

Hopefully that plan will feature in one of my imminent columns.