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Andrew Bridgen

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Monday 24th March 2014

(10 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Laws Portrait Mr Laws
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Local authorities are allowed to build schools. We have allocated £37 million to the hon. Gentleman’s local authority to do precisely that.

Andrew Bridgen Portrait Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con)
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is quite right to give local authorities the freedom to decide how to allocate this extra funding for places based on local need and local knowledge?

David Laws Portrait Mr Laws
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I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. Local authorities do have that knowledge of local need, and they have the money from us to address this issue.

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