Peter Aldous outlines the impact of the crisis in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) education in Suffolk and backs calls for a national review of funding and how we provide this vulnerable group of children and young people with the education that they need and deserve.
Peter Aldous highlights the potential East Anglia, Suffolk and Lowestoft have to significantly contribute to UK energy security, affordability, and net zero goals through projects like Sizewell C, offshore wind, and hydrogen. He calls on the Government to invest in skills training at East Coast College and infrastructure upgrades in Lowestoft port to ensure that this huge potential is recognised.
Following the Minister’s statement on the Post Office Horizon scandal following the ITV dramatisation, Peter Aldous asks how many sub-postmasters were simply bullied and intimidated into keeping quiet and paying up and have therefore not previously come forward and what justice and recompense will be available to them.
Following the Ministerial statement on the impact of Storm Henk on communities across the UK, Peter Aldous highlights damage done on the East Anglian coast by storms over the past three months, in particular in Pakefield, and raises concerns that flood prevention work is at risk of being delayed by red tape, as it is deemed urgent rather than an emergency.
Peter Aldous calls on the Government to establish a comprehensive and urgent national strategy to address the serious and specific challenges of coastal erosion with centralised ministerial oversight for floods, coastal erosion, climate change, and green finance.
Peter Aldous raises the issue of coastal erosion in Norfolk and Suffolk and in particular the homes that have tragically been lost to the sea in Pakefield. He calls on the Government to review the support provided to such households so that they receive parity of support with homes flooded by burst rivers or heavy rainfall.
Peter Aldous highlights the success of the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft enterprise zone and secures a meeting with the Minister to discuss how to enhance the enterprise zone so that it can continue to create jobs in the low-carbon energy sector.