Peter Aldous broadly welcomes the Budget and the investment in infrastructure such as nuclear power at Sizewell C, but highlights the importance of investment in skills and adult learning.
Peter Aldous raises concerns that by not enforcing total allowable catches (TACs) for non-quota fish stocks in UK waters we have undermined our inshore fleet and sent a signal that the UK will not enforce rules designed to promote sustainable fishing and our domestic fishing industry, and calls for enforcement of TACs in the coming year.
Peter Aldous speaks in a debate on GP appointment availability and calls for better collaboration right across the NHS to help with the exponential increase in demand for GP services at a time when the current infection, prevention and control measures mean that in-person appointments take much longer.
Peter Aldous highlights the importance of the UK’s maritime sector in delivering the Government’s key objectives of levelling up, building back better and decarbonisation; in particular he highlights the need for joined-up Government for a sector that crosses so many Government departments and for the rightful recognition of coastal communities in both the levelling-up fund and the community renewal fund.
Peter Aldous calls on the Government to retain the £20 universal credit uplift as we have a duty and a responsibility to protect those on the lowest incomes and the most vulnerable, and the evidence shows that a sudden reduction in income of this magnitude will hit a lot of people very hard.
Peter Aldous supports the levelling-up agenda to tackle areas of deprivation, but raises concerns that there needs to be more focus on people, that the push for new freeports could overshadow the successful enterprise zones and he questions the methodology used for targeting areas of priority.
Following the failure of Greater Anglia to restore the through rail service from Lowestoft to Liverpool Street, Peter Aldous seeks confirmation that it will be a priority for Great British Railways.
Following the ombudsman’s report on the communication of changes to women’s state pension age, Peter Aldous calls on the Government to quickly outline how the Government intends to respond to the failings identified in the report and to consider the impact of those failings on hundreds of thousands of women born in the 1950s and what remedies would be appropriate.
Peter Aldous speaks in the Second Reading debate on the Building Safety Bill to call for the Bill to include amendments to the Building Act 1984 and the 2010 building regulations that would result in the more widespread use of sprinkler fire safety systems in commercial buildings.