Extract from Commons statement on Northern Ireland Stephen Farry
(North Down) (Alliance) [V]: I also express my full support for the
PSNI, including the Chief Constable. The Secretary of State well
knows my views on the importance of a UK-EU veterinary agreement to
take the heat out of the protocol. He also directly referred to the
need to address deprivation and segregation. In that regard, may I
invite him to consider extending his Government’s Fresh Start
funding, which is so important...Request free trial
Extract from Commons
statement on Northern Ireland
(North Down) (Alliance) [V]: I also express my full
support for the PSNI, including the Chief Constable. The Secretary
of State well knows my views on the importance of a UK-EU
veterinary agreement to take the heat out of the protocol. He also
directly referred to the need to address deprivation and
segregation. In that regard, may I invite him to consider extending
his Government’s Fresh Start funding, which is so important for the
expansion of integrated education, and to work with his ministerial
colleagues to provide urgent clarity on the shared prosperity fund which is so
important for local employability schemes?
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (): I am
very happy to do that. In fact, we organised a meeting just
recently for Executive Ministers and Ministers and officials from
Government, including the Ministry of Housing, Communities and
Local Government, to talk through the schemes—not just the shared prosperity fund but the
community renewal fund and others—because there
are substantial extra funds available this year for Northern
Ireland as we move towards the shared prosperity fund As I set
out earlier, part of the £400 million of new deal money will be
focused on work around social fabric and potentially integrated
education, and I am really keen to engage to make sure that that
money is put into areas where it has the most beneficial impact and
is positive for people on the ground in Northern
Ireland.
Extracts from Second
Reading debate (Commons) of the Finance (No.2) Bill
(Mid Norfolk) (Con):...On levelling up, I
highlight the Government’s phenomenal package of support, rightly
making the crisis not just a moment to prop up the pre-covid
economy but to drive growth out. The 45 town deals and the eight
freeports are genuinely transformational for places such as
Teesside that have been left behind by successive Labour
Governments, who ought to have been representing them better. There
is the move of the UK infrastructure bank to Leeds, the
levelling-up fund, the community renewal fund, the Help to Grow for
SMEs, the future fund and the substantial commitment to net zero
and the green infrastructure that we need for a proper recovery.
This was a Budget not just to repair the damage of covid, but to
lay the foundations for a more sustainable and sustained economic
recovery, creating jobs and opportunities for generations to come.
I welcome it particularly for that reason...
(Waveney) (Con) [V]:...The Finance Bill paves the
way for the levelling-up fund and the UK Community Renewal Fund There
are elements in the small print that cause me concern. With the
former, the Lowestoft and Waveney area, where there are significant
areas of poverty, is in the priority 2 category, while with the
latter there are no priority places in Suffolk, yet there are in
the surrounding very similar counties of Norfolk, Essex and
Cambridgeshire. This appears illogical and not properly thought
through. I am writing to the Secretary of State for Housing,
Communities and Local Government seeking clarification of the
selection criteria...
(North Norfolk) (Con) [V]:...Not only can
North Norfolk celebrate the fact that its economy, which is driven
by leisure and tourism, will no doubt boom this summer, but my
constituents have even more to celebrate, North Norfolk being in
the top 100 places for the UK
Community Renewal Fund Contrary to some beliefs, this
is a Government reaching out to every corner of the UK, and I thank
the Chancellor for putting North Norfolk on the map...
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