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Jonathan Gullis Excerpts
Monday 9th January 2023

(1 year, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Dehenna Davison Portrait Dehenna Davison
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I appreciated the hon. Member’s pitch, which I am sure we will take on board alongside those made by colleagues across the House. The levelling-up fund is there to support local capital projects, of which there is such a wide range. Many of those will help improve wage growth, improve life chances and improve the skills of young people so that they can get on in life, because that is what the Conservative Government are all about.

Jonathan Gullis Portrait Jonathan Gullis (Stoke-on-Trent North) (Con)
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With £56 million from the levelling-up fund, a £17.6 million Kidsgrove town deal, masses of funding from the shared prosperity fund and, of course, a Conservative-led council building 1,000 homes a year, on average, and reopening things such as Tunstall town hall, which Labour left shut for 30 years, does the Minister agree that those who want to see regional inequality broken should vote Conservative in May’s local elections?

Dehenna Davison Portrait Dehenna Davison
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I could not have said it better myself.

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Felicity Buchan Portrait Felicity Buchan
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The Government are giving unprecedented support to help with the cost of living. We have been very clear that we will bring in the renters reform Bill in this Parliament, as soon as parliamentary time allows.

Jonathan Gullis Portrait Jonathan Gullis (Stoke-on-Trent North) (Con)
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I believe a mistake was made when the levelling-up parks fund was announced, because Stoke-on-Trent did not get any money. When will the Minister correct that, so that I can put pump tracks in Middleport and at the old BMX track in Norton and Ball Green?

Dehenna Davison Portrait Dehenna Davison
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That is another fantastic pitch from my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent North, Talke and Kidsgrove—I am not sure I have got all the titles in there. I would be happy to meet him to discuss it further.