Oral Answers to Questions

Alicia Kearns Excerpts

Monday 15th June 2020 Commons Chamber

[Jacob Young (Redcar) (Con)]

What recent progress he has made on the Towns Fund; and if he will make a statement.

[Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Melton) (Con)]

What recent progress he has made on the Towns Fund; and if he will make a statement.

[Mark Jenkinson (Workington) (Con)]

What recent progress he has made on the Towns Fund; and if he will make a statement.

--- Later in debate ---

[Robert Jenrick]

I agree with my hon. Friend that we want to see economic activity returning to great places such as Redcar. The purpose of the fund is both to provide immediate economic stimulus and confidence to those places and to set them up in the longer term for more sustainable economic growth and prosperity. I have heard his strong representation for a new horizontal pier in Redcar.

[Alicia Kearns [V]]

Local authorities in Rutland and Melton very much welcome the multiple cash injections from central Government, but they are now turning their attention to how we recover financially from this period. Both Rutland and Melton want a significant boost in domestic tourism and high street business trade, so what funding has my right hon. Friend considered for local authorities on top of the towns fund and pandemic relief so that local authorities can come back stronger?