10.1.2017 Derek Thomas Conservative MP for St Ives hosts adjournment debate in The House of Commons on the re-opening of Dean Quarry.
To view Derek's speech and the response from Gavin Barwell The Minister for Housing and Planning, follow this hyperlink to 19.51pm within the broadcast. http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2b279f36-7117-487f-9962-00c7588c14dd
To see the transcript of Derek's speech and the response from Gavin Barwell The Minister for Housing and Planning, follow the hyperlink below to Hansard. It is interesting to read that according to 2014 figures, local business turnover, supported by tourism, is worth more than £51 million a year to the Lizard Peninsula, with more than 1,000 jobs directly generated by tourism. The estimated local gross wage income is more than £13 million. People involved in this important sector have raised a number of concerns. They are concerned about the impact on the local economy should Dean Quarry re-open. It has been predicted that the reopening of Dean Quarry is worth £190 million to Cornwall over 20 years. Within the same timeframe, tourism is worth more than £1 billion to the Lizard Peninsula alone. It is more than likely that industrialising the peninsula’s east coast would decimate those figures and many associated jobs and businesses. https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-01-10/debates/7FAD7CF9-F0F1-417D-BA2C-1BA19A8EDD2C/DeanQuarryStKeverne
