Peter Aldous highlights the higher heating costs for disabled people as they are invariably less mobile and spend longer in their home and asks what the Government are doing to help those with a disability to bridge that funding gap.
Peter Aldous speaks in the debate on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill and raises concerns that the sunset clause at the end of this year is unrealistic, will result in hasty lawmaking and put the ultimate objective, to have better legislation than when we were in the EU, at risk.
Speaking in a debate on the methodologies for setting allowable catches in fisheries negotiations, Peter Aldous pushes the case for southern North sea spurdog as the inshore fishermen who fish sustainably with long lines and nets cannot catch spurdog at the moment, but EU trawlers can.
Peter Aldous raises concerns about the acute skills shortages in key sectors of the economy and that the Government has acknowledged the need for significant expansion of further education capacity; he asks what the Department for Education is doing to meet that challenge.
Peter Aldous calls on the Levelling Up Minister to respond to the East of England All-Party Parliamentary Group’s review of levelling up in the region and for the Government to make Lowestoft’s enterprise zone into an investment zone.
Peter Aldous asks about the outcome of the annual fisheries negotiations with the EU and other North Atlantic states and raises concerns that the total UK fishing opportunity secured is considerably below the level of inflation and asks what is being done to ensure that the UK achieves better outcomes from negotiations now that we participate as an independent coastal state.
Peter Aldous highlights the job-creation opportunities on the north East Anglian coast in technologies such as offshore wind, hydrogen and carbon capture and asks the Government what is being done to attract private sector investment in these exciting emerging sectors.
