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HANSARD Stronger Towns FundMy hon. Friend highlights the contribution of the Greater Grimsby town fund and the work that the coastal communities fund is delivering for his constituents, as well as the…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundI am sorry that the hon. Lady has not recognised that the north-east has had the highest allocation per capita of any part of the country and therefore the recognition that has…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundI can give that assurance to my hon. Friend. The UK shared prosperity fund is a completely different process and we look forward to consulting in detail on that. I recognise the…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundThe right hon. Lady makes very powerful and important points about the role and voice of communities, the recognition that there are different towns of different sizes and how…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundI recognise the need for towns across our United Kingdom to benefit and to see that positive sense of what can be achieved, in many ways applying the lessons learned from our city…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundI am sorry that the hon. Gentleman does not reflect the work that has been going in through the coastal communities fund, of which Blackpool has been a real beneficiary, and the…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundYes. My hon. Friend will have heard about the allocations already set out as part of today’s announcement. It is that sense of ambition, that positive sense of what can be…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundWe are looking to the UK shared prosperity fund to replace the European structural investment funds that the hon. Lady references. The Government have already guaranteed the full…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundWhat I would say to my hon. Friend in relation to Lowestoft and the work of the coastal communities fund is that today’s announcement has two elements: the £1 billion—he…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundNo. Again, I underline the contribution that the UK shared prosperity fund will have, and we will set out the details of the contribution for Wales, recognising that we want all…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s invitation. He makes an important point, because in some ways this transcends party. It is about how we reshape our towns, recognising that…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundFor a number of reasons that the right hon. Lady has set out, I would expect her to welcome the allocation for Yorkshire and the Humber of £197 million, set out in today’s…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundThere are two elements, as my hon. Friend will appreciate. The first element is the notional allocations that I have set out, and we will work to provide further detail in…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundI absolutely recognise the impassioned statement that the hon. Lady has set out on the significance of our towns. We see this as a partnership. Ultimately, those bids, those…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundI welcome what my hon. Friend has said on that join-up and on the potential that it offers between the different funds, and his emphasis on towns. Yes, the focus thus far has been…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundThere will certainly be some overlap with the high streets fund, so there is an opportunity for town centres and town deals to come together in this way, and there are different…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundOne of the things that would encourage investment in the right hon. Gentleman’s area is getting the devolution deal done in relation to South Yorkshire, Sheffield and the…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundMy right hon. Friend rightly makes the distinction between the two elements of the fund and the town deals that we want to see emerging from both of them. On the first element, we…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundAs I have indicated already, in response to earlier questions, we will confirm the additional funding we will provide to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to reflect this new…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundI welcome the pitch my right hon. Friend has made for Sutton Coldfield. I do want to see ambitious applications coming in from towns across our country. That is why, as he will no…04 Mar 2019