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LANCASHIRE LEADERS By Rob Kelly
For someone who spends his time telling politicians to be quiet, when it comes to Lancashire Sir Lindsay Hoyle is looking for more noise.
He says: “Lancashire itself is a hidden gem. We don’t shout enough about how good it is.
“There is no-one who can touch us, with our skills and development within aerospace, the fact is we are world leaders.”
The Speaker of the House of Commons, instantly recognisable to millions of people in his role keeping MPs in check, is a proud ambassador of his native county, and hometowns of Adlington and Chorley and continues to work to raise their profiles.
SPEAKING FOR THE COUNTY I don’t see myself as a leader, I have
experience and we had so much to tell the world leaders about.”
The American, German and Italian leaders arrived in Lancashire on private jets, landing at BAE Systems in Warton.
Lindsay says: “It was funny to think they were all flying in and I was getting the 125 bus into Chorley!
“Nancy Pelosi, the American House Speaker,
also a chance to highlight some of the best of Lancashire’s produce – with the guests sampling Morecambe Bay shrimps, locally sourced fish and chips and gin tasting at Cuckoo Distillery in Brindle.
Lindsay was also involved in the work to bring the new National Cyber Force headquarters to Samlesbury.
He says: “Ben Wallace, the then defence secretary and a Lancashire MP, and I managed
In a major coup he managed to bring some of the world’s most important politicians to Chorley for the annual G7 Speaker’s Conference’ in 2021.
When the Speakers event came to England, it was usually held in London but Lindsay broke new ground and brought the world leaders to Lancashire. Lindsay says: “It was a great showcase for Lancashire and Chorley and it was a case of putting the place on the map.
“We put this huge conference on. It was about a Chorley experience but also a Lancashire
a very important position as Speaker of the House, to control the House and holding the government to account
asked how I’d managed to get all this to happen in my constituency and I told her that I had used all my friendship links up.
“It was the best of Lancashire and then it was hosted at Astley Hall because of the role it had in the Civil War and all its great history.”
As well as the political discussions it was
to get the Prime Minister in and sign it off and that was so important to me.
“These are major jobs for Lancashire, and we will end up creating 3,000.”
He adds: “One of the proudest things we have done is the Youth Zone as it has also made a huge difference to young people in Chorley.”
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