Extracts from Westminster Hall debates - Oct 14
Thursday, 15 October 2020 08:15
Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Capital Infrastructure
Projects: Bristol The Minister for Housing (Christopher
Pincher):...I also want to mention the United Kingdom shared
prosperity fund. I appreciate that local leaders want to be on a
secure financial footing so that they can continue to drive
innovation and invest in local infrastructure, and that includes
the certainty of replacement of EU structural funds. The 2019
manifesto committed to creating a shared prosperity fund
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Extract from
Westminster Hall debate on Capital Infrastructure Projects:
Bristol
The Minister for Housing ():...I also
want to mention the United Kingdom shared prosperity
fund. I appreciate that local leaders want to be on a
secure financial footing so that they can continue to drive
innovation and invest in local infrastructure, and that includes
the certainty of replacement of EU structural funds. The 2019
manifesto committed to creating a shared prosperity fund which
binds the whole United Kingdom, to tackle inequality and
deprivation in each of our four nations. The Government will create
a fund that is easier for local areas to access and will further
support places to recover from the effects of covid-19...
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Extracts from
Wesminster Hall debate on Productivity: Rural Areas
(Somerton and Frome) (Con):...Investment in road—I dare not mention
the A303 again —in rail and in digital infrastructure will pay
dividends for decades to come. Just stick in the money and sit back
and watch as the resourceful and dynamic people of the west country
beaver away in effect to give it all back with interest. If
the shared prosperity fund is to
achieve its purpose of smoothing inequalities between different
communities, let us do that within a framework that balances
protecting the bucolic glory of our small towns and villages while
equipping them with the tools that they need to flourish...
(Truro and Falmouth) (Con):...I see that Cornwall is
moving towards the green recovery. We have lithium and green
hydrogen. We have plans for floating offshore wind. This morning I
was talking to Starbucks, which is now making its reusable cups in
Cornwall. It is happening, and all it needs is just a bit of
imagination and initiative from the Government to see how we can
spend the shared prosperity fund and tailor it to
what our areas actually need...
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