Extract from Wales questions: Manufacturing Industry: Ineos - Mar 17
Thursday, 18 March 2021 08:42
Dr Jamie Wallis (Bridgend) (Con) [V]: Bridgend has lost the Ford
factory, and we did not get the investment from Ineos that we were
hoping for. For Bridgend and the wider area to move forward, the
town needs regeneration in order to increase the attractiveness of
the overall area for investment. Can my right hon. Friend outline
what the Government are doing to help towns such as Bridgend? The
Secretary of State for Wales (Simon Hart): Absolutely. I start by
reminding my hon. Friend—not...Request free trial
(Bridgend) (Con) [V]: Bridgend has lost the
Ford factory, and we did not get the investment from
Ineos that we were hoping for.
For Bridgend and the wider area to move forward, the town needs
regeneration in order to increase the attractiveness of the overall
area for investment. Can my right hon. Friend outline what the
Government are doing to help towns such as Bridgend?
The Secretary of State for Wales (): Absolutely. I start by reminding my hon.
Friend—not that I need to—that Bridgend is a priority 1 area for
the levelling-up fund, which means that it has potential access,
with his assistance, to significant sums. Each local authority will
get £125,000 of capacity funding to make those bids to the central
fund. I hope he will recognise that there is a real focus on
exactly the kind of town and area that he represents as part of the
levelling-up project, which will produce jobs and livelihoods in a
way that has perhaps been difficult in the past.
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