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Dan Jarvis

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Private Sector Pensions
Monday 22nd January 2018

(6 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Splendid. That exchange should be circulated to all colleagues.

Dan Jarvis Portrait Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) (Lab)
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The Secretary of State will have seen the leader of Wakefield Council’s announcement this morning that he now supports a wider Yorkshire deal. That means that 18 of the 20 local authorities across wider Yorkshire support it. Does the Secretary of State agree that in addition to finalising the detail of any Sheffield city region deal, an important conversation now needs to be had with the 18 leaders about a wider Yorkshire deal?

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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The crucial decision about any wider Yorkshire deal, if there ever is one, is in the hands of the local authorities concerned. We will be going ahead with the South Yorkshire deal, but earlier this week, as I am sure the hon. Gentleman is aware, we put forward a proposal to allow others, such as Barnsley and Doncaster, to take a different route, if they choose to do so.

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