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HANSARD Building SafetyMy hon. Friend and I have corresponded and spoken about the issue in his constituency. As I said in my correspondence to him, I encourage the building owners in his constituency…05 Sept 2019HANSARD Building SafetyWith respect to the threshold for sprinklers, we have made it clear that our preference is 18 metres, on the basis of the expert advice that we have received so far, but we are…05 Sept 2019HANSARD Building SafetyI am happy to write to the hon. Gentleman with more details of the board, but it will be a partnership between fire and rescue services and other appropriate experts. They in turn…05 Sept 2019HANSARD Building SafetyYes, I think we may all welcome that in the coming months.05 Sept 2019HANSARD Building SafetyI am very happy to take my hon. Friend up on that. He knows that I share his determination to take forward wider reforms in the leasehold sector, and I will be introducing…05 Sept 2019HANSARD Economic Growth and Environmental LimitsI do not agree with the hon. Gentleman, but the theme behind his remarks is one of the reasons why we have amended the Green Book. We have created this concept of social value, so…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Economic Growth and Environmental LimitsI thank the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) for tabling this debate and other hon. Members who intervened or who came to listen to and support her. I am always…10 Jul 2019HANSARDLiving StandardsOur priority has been getting young people into work. In 2010 we inherited a youth unemployment rate of 20%; we have almost halved that. The priority for this Government will be…02 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern PowerhouseWe give many other funding streams to northern communities, including £3.3 billion through the local growth fund and £13 billion for wider transport schemes.02 Jul 2019HANSARDShared Prosperity FundThe Government will establish a UK shared prosperity fund to spread prosperity and opportunity across all four nations once we have left the European Union and the EU structural…02 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern PowerhouseThe Government are supporting the northern powerhouse through devolution deals for, among others, Manchester, Liverpool, the West Midlands and, most recently, North of Tyne, as…02 Jul 2019HANSARDShared Prosperity FundWe intend to consult later this year, following the spending review. Officials at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have already held 26 engagement events…02 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern PowerhouseWe have received representations from the midlands engine, and from Midlands Connect in relation to transport, about both road and rail east-west connectivity. We are considering…02 Jul 2019HANSARDShared Prosperity FundThe people of the north-east of England voted to leave the European Union; I know that the hon. Lady takes a different view, but we are trying to deliver on the outcome of the…02 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern PowerhouseI agree with the hon. Gentleman, and that is why we have given funding to Transport for the North to prepare a properly thought-through business case. We of course have decisions…02 Jul 2019HANSARDShared Prosperity FundClearly, it is not possible to progress this matter until we have greater certainty about our exit from the European Union. Those Members of this House who want to see this matter…02 Jul 2019HANSARDShared Prosperity FundThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: there are disparities of income and productivity across the United Kingdom, and what he mentions will be one of the key objectives. But the…02 Jul 2019HANSARDShared Prosperity FundAs I have already said, we intend to consult later this year. I strongly encourage my hon. Friend’s constituents to take part in that consultation; he and I have already spoken…02 Jul 2019HANSARDShared Prosperity FundAbsolutely—those are exactly the kinds of questions that we dealt with in the consultation.02 Jul 2019HANSARDContingencies Fund AdvanceHM Treasury will incur new expenditure in connection with a legal settlement in 2019-20. Parliamentary approval for additional resources of £84,200,000 for this new expenditure…02 Jul 2019