Extract from Commons debate on Covid-19: Support for UK Industries - June 25
Friday, 26 June 2020 07:00
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham) (Lab):...The longer-term strategic
aim is to establish a Government taskforce for the north-east, with
a Minister in charge of it—someone who will be an advocate for the
region. We also need to ensure that the so-called shared
prosperity fund which will replace European investment in the
north-east, is brought forward, because that involves £134 million
for Teesside and County Durham. Housing projects need to be brought
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(North Durham) (Lab):...The
longer-term strategic aim is to establish a Government taskforce
for the north-east, with a Minister in charge of it—someone who
will be an advocate for the region. We also need to ensure that the
so-called shared prosperity fund which will
replace European investment in the north-east, is brought forward,
because that involves £134 million for Teesside and County Durham.
Housing projects need to be brought forward on a regional basis,
and innovation and training are a must. We should also have a
guaranteed job or training scheme for the under-25s. Without this
direct action, I fear that the north-east will go back to those
dark days of the 1980s, which was a hard time for our region. We
cannot have a repeat of the lost generation that we had then, when
we know what is coming...
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