Peter Aldous welcomes Government action to lay the foundations for a world-leading clean steel industry and calls for a border carbon adjustment on imported goods based on their carbon content; clear targets for the use of clean steel in infrastructure projects; and the promotion of a clean steel demonstrator project.
Peter Aldous calls on the Government to see through proven strategies such as the Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth enterprise zone and calls for reallocation of the existing footprint of the enterprise zone around Lowestoft port. He also urges the Government to back the Suffolk and Norfolk bid to be a trailblazer for its new local skills improvement plans.
At Prime Minister’s Questions, Peter Aldous urges the Government to back the REAF (Renaissance of East Anglian Fisheries) plan and work with fishing communities, such as that in Lowestoft, to revive the industry in East Anglia.
Peter Aldous calls on the Government to provide local dentists with the resources to tackle the backlog, end the cycle of retirements leading to funds being removed from the area, improve public awareness of prevention initiatives and replace the dysfunctional 2006 contract.
Peter Aldous calls on the Government to promote steel fabrication hubs in places such as Lowestoft where skills and expertise has been developed over many years in the oil and gas industry, and exciting opportunities are coming forward in the offshore wind and nuclear sectors.
Following the Secretary of State for Transport’s statement on the establishment of a new public body to own, run and plan the rail network, Peter Aldous calls for the new body to fulfil Greater Anglia’s contractual undertaking to reintroduce a through service from Lowestoft to Liverpool Street.