Torbay MP Adrian Sanders has welcomed the visit of Culture Minister Ben Bradshaw to Torbay this week (August 11th) - but has raised concerns that the visit ignores many important issues the Government needs to tackle.
Mr Bradshaw’s visit takes in Torre Abbey and the Sea Change projects at Cockington and Berry Head but Mr Sanders has criticised him for ignoring the majority of the tourist industry in the Bay, despite tourism being a key responsibility of the Culture, Media and Sport Department.
Mr Sanders, also a member of the Culture, Media and Sport scrutiny committee, added: “Had I been given more notice of the Minister’s visit to Torbay, I would have urged him to visit a number of areas that urgently need positive Government action. The Government has shown complete disdain for the tourist industry and the Minister should be visiting hoteliers, shopkeepers and other providers to see what he can do for them.”
“The Minister will also be ignoring the low paid seasonal jobs on offer at our jobcentre and the large number of jobseekers desperate to find employment. I would also have taken him to one of our railway stations to show him the lack of through services beyond his own well connected city of Exeter.”
“As is so often with this Government, the most serious and endemic problems are ignored and swept under the carpet.”
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