Business of the House

Debate between Andrew Cooper and Nusrat Ghani

Thursday 3rd July 2025 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Cooper (Mid Cheshire) (Lab)]

If the Leader of the House likes piña coladas and getting caught in the rain, may I suggest that she looks no further than the Piña Colada Festival in Northwich on 16 August? This event, in honour of Northwich-born Rupert Holmes’s song “Escape”—or, as he describes it, the song from which there is no escape—adds around half a million pounds to the local economy, and is now one of the most important events for the hospitality sector in Mid Cheshire. Could the Leader of the House arrange for a debate in Government time on the role of such events in town centre regeneration? Should she wish to conduct some empirical research prior to any debate, perhaps she would like to visit Northwich on the 16th.

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)]

Yes—with me joining her, no doubt.