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HANSARD Levelling Up: Local CouncilsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention. We are being run by a west London mafia. As a lifelong advocate for ending the kinds of regional disparities that run…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Enterprise Zones: WaveneyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous) for securing this important debate. He has always…08 Dec 2021HANSARDTransport Infrastructure: CheshireI know that this is something that my right hon. Friend has been campaigning very hard for. The next round of the levelling-up fund will be open in spring next year, and I am sure…29 Nov 2021HANSARDCommunity Funding: Scottish BordersI would be delighted to have an excuse to get back up to the Borders.29 Nov 2021HANSARDCommunity Funding: Scottish BordersThe UK community renewal fund and its successor, the UK shared prosperity fund, are examples of how we will have more flexibility to support communities now that we have left the…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport Infrastructure: CheshireLevelling up is an ambition that runs right across the Government. Ahead of the White Paper, the Transport Secretary and the Levelling Up Secretary met in recent weeks to discuss…29 Nov 2021HANSARDCommunity Funding: Scottish BordersThe UK Government will match the spending that different places had through the EU. We have had a delighted reaction from many of the places across Scotland, Wales and Northern…29 Nov 2021HANSARDDorset: Increasing OpportunityThe Government are committed to levelling up the whole country, and Dorset is no exception. The new community renewal fund is investing in enterprise and skills training for young…29 Nov 2021HANSARDDorset: Increasing OpportunityMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. Yes, the Government are providing approximately £1.6 billion in additional grant funding in the LGDEL— local government departmental…29 Nov 2021HANSARDCommunity Funding: Scottish BordersThe hon. Gentleman says that the scheme has not delivered anything. I was in Norwich on Friday opening the first project ever funded by the towns fund. Whether it is the towns…29 Nov 2021HANSARDCommunity Funding: Scottish BordersAll the successful community renewal fund bids have been given additional time to deliver their good programmes. We have asked them all to be in touch if there is any issue and we…29 Nov 2021HANSARD Planning (Enforcement) BillWhat superb speeches we have heard today, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Dr Spencer) for his proposals to strengthen the hand of local planning…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Planning (Enforcement) BillI absolutely share the sense of urgency of my hon. Friend, and it is something that we are actively working to solve. Yes, absolutely, the level of interest from hon. Members,…19 Nov 2021HANSARDCommon Frameworks: Quarterly ReportI am today laying before Parliament a report, “The European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks: 26 March to 25 June 2021”. I am laying this report because it is a legal…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Shrewsbury Town Centre RedevelopmentI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s invitation and I will try to find a time—nothing would give me greater pleasure; it sounds wonderful. I am interested in how the levelling-up…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Shrewsbury Town Centre RedevelopmentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma, and to listen to the passionate speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski). I…09 Nov 2021HANSARDConcordat on Statistics Between UK Government and Devolved AdministrationsI welcome the UK Statistics Authority publishing the new concordat on statistics between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations. This concordat represents a…04 Nov 2021HANSARDUK Community Renewal FundI will shortly announce 477 projects supporting people and communities across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland which are set to receive a share of over £200 million,…03 Nov 2021HANSARDUK Community Renewal FundWe are committed to ensuring that the community renewal fund reaches those most in need. To achieve that, we identified 100 priority places across Great Britain based on an index…25 Oct 2021HANSARDUK Community Renewal FundI would be delighted to meet the hon. Gentleman. As he knows, the community renewal fund is intended to act as an innovative source of funding to try new ways of doing things as…25 Oct 2021