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HANSARDRegional GrowthI thank my hon. Friend for the campaigning he undertakes for his constituents, and for rural communities. He touches on the important point that the funding we have made available…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI thank my hon. Friend for his continuous campaigning for his constituency. I think I am right in saying that every time I have seen him in the House he has mentioned the Green…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI thank my hon. Friend for his campaigning for Bury, and for welcoming the investment today. He points to two issues that are really important. First, why is this happening now?…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI thank my hon. Friend for welcoming the £2 billion of investment announced today for the east midlands. I have been on a number of visits to her region, including with Labour’s…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthThe hon. Member rightly alludes to the fact that because the Labour Government are increasing investment here in Westminster for the whole country, the nations of Scotland, Wales…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI thank my hon. Friend for campaigning for his constituency and for welcoming this historic funding of £2.4 billion today for the west midlands. He asked me about future projects.…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthAs I have alluded to many times today, this Government are committed to investing in every region and nation of the country. Today’s announcement is about city regions and city…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthThe hon. Member makes an important point about people’s lived experience of these types of policy announcements. We are trying to make it easier for people to use affordable,…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI thank my hon. Friend for her question and for her excellent work on the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee looking at those and related issues. She is right to…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI thank my hon. Friend for making an important case for the transport infrastructure that her constituents rely on. The case that she makes for her constituency in Greater London…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthThe funding announced today is in the spending review timeframe—it will be available from 2026-27 onwards—while the money that we allocated at the Budget last year for this fiscal…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI thank my hon. Friend for welcoming this historic level of funding from a Labour Government to our brilliant Labour Mayor of the West Midlands. I note that not only does the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI thank my hon. Friend and the wider group of Labour Members from Cornwall, who have campaigned vociferously on the Green Book. That may seem technical, but for the people at home…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI thank the hon. Member for continuing his work campaigning for Strangford and for Northern Ireland in general. As he knows, details of funding for the Northern Ireland Executive…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI thank the hon. Member for his campaigning and for welcoming today’s news of historic levels of investment into the west of England for transport. The best use of the money is to…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI thank my hon. Friend for her question and for rightly recognising the importance to our country of its capital city, which has been at the centre of our engine of growth for…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthThe Government will be investing in every nation and region across the country. Further details will be published at the spending review next week. The announcements today are…04 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI thank my hon. Friend for welcoming the historic level of funding in transport infrastructure. As she will know, this is a devolved pot of money and regional mayors will decide…04 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review: Cross-departmental PlanningA meeting of that nature has already taken place as part of our mission-led approach to Government. We continue to engage with the Departments for Energy Security and Net Zero and…20 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government have already increased NHS spending by £22.6 billion, police funding by £1.1 billion, and fire and rescue authority funding by £65.5 million. Further spending will…20 May 2025