Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Yasmin Qureshi and James Cartlidge

Tuesday 21st March 2023 Commons Chamber

[James Cartlidge]

What the IOD actually said about the Budget was that it was “hugely encouraging”, and I strongly agree. We have an extraordinary track record—the fastest-falling emissions in the whole of the G7 and extraordinary success in offshore wind—but we want to go further. That is why we have announced £20 billion for carbon capture and storage, and we will soon announce many more positive measures.

[Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab)]

12. If he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential economic impact of creating a regeneration fund to support the conversion of brownfield former industrial sites into mixed-use properties.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Yasmin Qureshi and James Cartlidge

Tuesday 15th November 2022 Commons Chamber

[James Cartlidge]

As a fellow East Anglian MP, it is great to see the hon. Member working in partnership with colleagues on these important matters for his constituency. He will know that the region was singled out by The Economist in August 2022 as being vital to invest in if the UK is to achieve growth and proper investment, and that East West Rail was a key recommendation in the National Infrastructure Commission’s 2017 report to unlock the potential of the Oxford and Cambridge area, including Milton Keynes. That has not changed and we are committed to it.

[Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab)]

2. What recent estimate he has made of levels of (a) public and (b) private investment in Bolton.