Peter Aldous speaks in a debate on GP appointment availability and calls for better collaboration right across the NHS to help with the exponential increase in demand for GP services at a time when the current infection, prevention and control measures mean that in-person appointments take much longer.
Peter Aldous highlights the importance of the UK’s maritime sector in delivering the Government’s key objectives of levelling up, building back better and decarbonisation; in particular he highlights the need for joined-up Government for a sector that crosses so many Government departments and for the rightful recognition of coastal communities in both the levelling-up fund and the community renewal fund.
Peter Aldous calls on the Government to retain the £20 universal credit uplift as we have a duty and a responsibility to protect those on the lowest incomes and the most vulnerable, and the evidence shows that a sudden reduction in income of this magnitude will hit a lot of people very hard.
Peter Aldous supports the levelling-up agenda to tackle areas of deprivation, but raises concerns that there needs to be more focus on people, that the push for new freeports could overshadow the successful enterprise zones and he questions the methodology used for targeting areas of priority.
Following the failure of Greater Anglia to restore the through rail service from Lowestoft to Liverpool Street, Peter Aldous seeks confirmation that it will be a priority for Great British Railways.
Following the ombudsman’s report on the communication of changes to women’s state pension age, Peter Aldous calls on the Government to quickly outline how the Government intends to respond to the failings identified in the report and to consider the impact of those failings on hundreds of thousands of women born in the 1950s and what remedies would be appropriate.
Peter Aldous speaks in the Second Reading debate on the Building Safety Bill to call for the Bill to include amendments to the Building Act 1984 and the 2010 building regulations that would result in the more widespread use of sprinkler fire safety systems in commercial buildings.
Peter Aldous calls for Lowestoft to be given the same designation as other East Anglian towns with similar challenges, to enable the town to submit bids for regeneration funding from the levelling-up fund and the community renewal fund.
Peter Aldous backs the Bill which will improve collaboration and the integration of local health and care services, but urges the Government to retain the existing healthcare boundaries, with the Waveney area remaining in partnership with Norfolk.