Peter Aldous calls for a climate change risk assessment as a precursor to a regional coast defence strategy to properly protect homes, businesses, ports, farmland and infrastructure, as well as nurture our unique coastal environment.
Peter Aldous leads a debate on the unintended consequences of the proposed changes to the taxation of furnished holiday lettings. He calls for the proposals to be put on hold whilst a consultation is carried out, as the one-size-fits-all approach will hit hard some areas and a more targeted, localised solution is needed.
Peter Aldous highlights the East of England’s leading role in delivering the UK’s energy security and transition to renewables. He urges the Prime Minister to ensure the Government is fully co-ordinated to provide the supporting infrastructure needed to protect coastal communities, and deliver exciting job opportunities for local residents.
Peter Aldous raises concerns at the drop in level 2 apprenticeship starts in recent years and asks the Education Minister what the Government is doing to reverse this decline as this is so vital in promoting social mobility and levelling up.
Peter Aldous calls for a rebalance of Government policy on hospice funding to meet the increasing demand for palliative care and he urges the Government to join the Norfolk and Waveney ICB partnership with St Elizabeth East Coast hospice to build a new hospice to fill the void in the Waveney and Great Yarmouth area.
Peter Aldous calls for closer dialogue between the Government and the offshore oil and gas industry to rebuild the UK’s reputation as a prime destination for investment in the energy sector to ensure energy transition is home-grown not outsourced.
Following the Government statement on the Ombudsman’s investigation into the way that changes to the state pension age were communicated to women born in the 1950s, Peter Aldous calls on the Government to work with Parliament to quickly agree a mechanism for remedy and points out that failure to comply with the Ombudsman’s recommendations would be unprecedented and go against our system of democratic checks and balances.
On the publication of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report on women’s state pension age, Peter Aldous calls on the Government to respond quickly and put in place a mechanism, working with Parliament, to ensure that this injustice, which has gone on for many years, is remedied as quickly as possible.
Peter Aldous welcomes the Government’s consideration of the case to fill the funding gap in the stalled Lowestoft Tidal Barrier project which will protect property and unleash the provision of new homes and business opportunities and seeks assurance from the Secretary of State that he will leave no stone unturned in working across Government so that the project can restart.