Debates between Neil O'Brien and Caroline Nokes during the 2019-2024 Parliament

High Streets

Debate between Neil O'Brien and Caroline Nokes
Tuesday 19th October 2021

(3 years, 1 month ago)

Westminster Hall
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Neil O'Brien Portrait Neil O'Brien
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I am afraid I will take no further interventions—[Interruption.]

Caroline Nokes Portrait Caroline Nokes (in the Chair)
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Order. The Minister has made it clear that he is not taking interventions.

Neil O'Brien Portrait Neil O'Brien
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Despite being a Huddersfield boy, I cannot take further interventions, because we are pushed for time.

In Worcester, support from our future high streets fund is being used to renovate several iconic and beautiful buildings, including the local corn exchange, driving footfall and preserving the community’s heritage. My hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn and Haslingden (Sara Britcliffe) also talked about the good that such schemes are doing in her constituency. Those are the kind of transformative projects that hold the key to restoring local pride and laying the foundations for our long-term economic recovery. That is exactly what underpins our levelling-up fund, which will be available to local areas across the UK.