Peter Aldous takes the opportunity of an Adjournment Debate on Dark Skies to promote the First Light Festival and Lowestoft's unique selling point as the place in the UK where the sun rises first.
Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con)
On that point, my hon. Friend has extolled the wonderful virtues of Arundel and the South Downs, but Lowestoft has a unique selling point: it is the most easterly point in the UK and the place where the sun rises first. We are trying to make a tourism attraction of this, with the first light festival. Does he agree that unnatural light takes away that special appeal and special offer that we have in Lowestoft?
Andrew Griffith
I certainly agree with my hon. Friend. Although he did not invite me, I would be very willing to come and see the charms of first light, as it rises in the east off Lowestoft.