Member

The changes to the powers of the Crown Estate will enable it, in partnership with GB Energy, to invest in ports such as Falmouth without selling its assets, as well as mapping the seabed and front-loading the leasing rounds and local supply chains. As I said in an earlier debate, when a college in my constituency was struggling to get funding for a level 2 course on floating offshore wind engineering for local 14 to 16-year-olds, the Crown Estate stepped in with a year’s funding to allow it to go ahead on a pilot scale. Now, with these changes, more positive interventions like this could be made, which would be really welcome in places such as Truro and Falmouth, where further education colleges are struggling to get the go-ahead for these kinds of courses.