MPs form all-party mining and quarrying group
Members of Parliament have formed a new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Mining and Quarrying, supported by the Mineral Products Association (MPA).
This new cross-party group will help to keep Members of the Commons and Lords up to date with issues affecting the industry which represents the biggest flow of materials in the economy. It will also allow the MPA to keep its members abreast of industry issues of interest to Parliamentarians.
At the first virtual meeting of the newly-formed APPG, members elected Steve Double MP (St Austell and Newquay) as its chair, with other Members from different parties and from around the country elected as vice-chairs including Jane Hunt MP (Loughborough), Robert Largan MP (High Peak), Kenny MacAskill MP (East Lothian), Jessica Morden MP (Newport) and Mark Pawsey MP (Rugby).
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With one of the highest numbers of furloughed workers in accommodation and food sectors in the country, Cornwall is eagerly anticipating the reopening of hospitality.
There were 16,180 furloughed individuals in accommodation and food service sectors under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) for the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly unitary authorities as of 28 February, according to HMRC data.
This was closely followed by 15,570 in Birmingham and 12,500 in the City of Edinburgh.
Across the whole UK, some 872,000 employees were fully furloughed in accommodation and food service sectors while 192,600 were partially furloughed, (as of 28 February.)
Heavily reliant on sector
“People associate Cornwall with fishing and farming but the truth is that the local economy is heavily reliant on the hospitality sector,” Derek Thomas MP for West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (St Ives), explained.