Clean Energy Superpower Mission
Debate between Siobhain McDonagh and Jayne Kirkham(4 months ago)
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Siobhain McDonagh)
In line with the Cornwall thread, I call Jayne Kirkham.
Jayne Kirkham (Truro and Falmouth) (Lab/Co-op)
Cornish ports such as Falmouth, which the Secretary of State visited during the campaign, have well-advanced plans to reconfigure to service floating offshore wind in the Celtic sea. Cornish further education providers are keen to gear up to provide specialised courses to support the speedy growth of that industry so that young people in Cornwall have the opportunity to train for those high-skilled jobs of the future, but in the past they have struggled because of a lack of Government support. Will the Secretary of State please confirm that support will be available to ports, businesses and educational establishments in Cornwall, to enable them to plug into the vast opportunities opened up by floating offshore wind in the Celtic sea?