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Oral Answers to Questions

Henry Smith Excerpts
Wednesday 17th November 2021

(3 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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The hon. Lady is absolutely right that the River Tyne is a massive economic asset for the whole of the north-east. It has suffered from historic contamination, but we are going to work with the North East local enterprise partnership to invest another £6 million to help to develop clear plans for sustainable economic growth along the whole of the estuary.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith  (Crawley) (Con)
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Q9.   Crawley constituency was one of the most negatively affected by the covid-19 pandemic, but thanks to significant support from the Government we are seeing recovery. Unemployment is now beginning to come down and we look to a confident future. In that vein, will my right hon. Friend please look favourably on Crawley’s platinum jubilee city-status bid?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am very grateful to my hon. Friend. I was not aware until today that Crawley was bidding to become a city—