Gregory Campbell
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(4 years, 9 months ago)
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Robert Jenrick
Absolutely—those are exactly the kinds of questions that we dealt with in the consultation.
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP)
Some of the problems in our United Kingdom can be traced to the disparity between the regions and nations of the UK. Will the Minister ensure that the shared prosperity fund is not the end, but just the beginning, of ensuring that there is prosperity across the entirety of our nation?
Robert Jenrick
The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: there are disparities of income and productivity across the United Kingdom, and what he mentions will be one of the key objectives. But the shared prosperity fund is not our only intervention in this area: we are taking a range of measures, including significantly increasing the amount of public investment in infrastructure—to the highest levels in this country since the 1970s.