Oral Answers to Questions

Chris Webb Excerpts

Thursday 21st May 2026 Commons Chamber

[Peter Kyle]

There will be no price cap and there will be no price controls, but I am not going to apologise for throwing everything and the kitchen sink at the cost of living challenges that we inherited, along with an economy that was broken.

[Chris Webb (Blackpool South) (Lab)]

T6.  I was delighted recently to host the hospitality Minister, the Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade, my hon. Friend the Member for Halifax (Kate Dearden), at the top of our iconic Blackpool tower, alongside our tourism CEO Kate Shane, to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing our visitor economy. Our tourism sector supports thousands of jobs, yet local small and medium-sized enterprises are being hit hard by rising costs and the pressure of a seasonal economy. But Blackpool comes to the Government not with problems alone, but with a clear credible plan. Does the Secretary of State agree that coastal towns require targeted economic support, and will he back our proposal to pilot a new tourism zone?

[Peter Kyle]

I am very grateful for my hon. Friend’s question. Yes, I can say that Little Layton in his constituency is one of the 379 communities across the UK that will receive Pride in Place funding, just one of the cross-departmental packages of support that his constituency will benefit from. We will not forget. We will keep on supporting him all the way.