Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jack Brereton and Kate Kniveton

Monday 16th May 2022 Commons Chamber

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

1. What steps he is taking to support local leaders in regenerating high streets and town centres.

[Kate Griffiths (Burton) (Con)]

20. What steps his Department is taking to help support the regeneration of towns and high streets.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Neil O’Brien)]

Regenerating our high streets and town centres is essential to the Government’s commitment to levelling up the country. The Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill includes measures to tackle vacant properties, improve compulsory purchase powers and make temporary pavement licensing permanent. It builds on the comprehensive funding package already announced, including the £3.6 billion towns and future high streets funds, the £4.8 billion levelling-up fund and the recently launched £2.6 billion shared prosperity fund.