Local Growth Deals Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Local Growth Deals

Ben Gummer Excerpts
Monday 7th July 2014

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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It has been a fantastic weekend for Yorkshire. This is a Grand Départ of our own: we are setting off in a very different direction from that which we inherited. For 100 years, power has been sucked away from places such as Yorkshire; we are sending it back.

Ben Gummer Portrait Ben Gummer (Ipswich) (Con)
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My right hon. Friend is a worthy heir of Joseph Chamberlain. In Norfolk and Suffolk, we are thrilled by the investment that is coming back to the region as a result of his announcement. Will he confirm that items of expenditure that are not on the current list but that are still on the wish lists of LEPs can be brought forward in a very short period?

Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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I certainly can confirm that. I look forward to meeting the New Anglia local enterprise partnership to take those matters forward.