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.
Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con)
T9. The Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft enterprise zone, which was set up in 2012, has been very successful. With no investment zones in the east of England, will my hon. Friend meet my right hon. Friend the Member for Great Yarmouth (Sir Brandon Lewis) and me to consider how best the enterprise zone can be enhanced, so that it can continue to create jobs in the low-carbon energy sector? (900464)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Jacob Young)
I would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend and my right hon. Friend the Member for Great Yarmouth. We have no plans at present to amend enterprise zones, but I am keen to ensure that their constituents continue to reap the rewards of levelling up, including the £100 million of investment for Sizewell C and freeport east, which will generate thousands of jobs across his region in new low-carbon technology.