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Gross Domestic Product: Wales and the UK

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Thursday 6th July 2023

(12 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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My Lords, I think that noble Lords need to decide between them which one of them will speak.

Lord Anderson of Swansea Portrait Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab)
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May I invite the Minister to examine all the relevant indices of poverty and deprivation? She will find that Wales is mostly at the bottom, with 75% of the average, whereas the Government in levelling up concentrates simply on north-south. Should not the Government by contrast look also at the east-west divide?

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