Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Lord Mann Excerpts
Thursday 17th January 2013

(11 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Simon Burns Portrait The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Mr Simon Burns)
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I thank my hon. Friend for that question, and I pay tribute to the tremendous work that she, other hon. Members and local authorities in East Anglia have done in producing that excellent document, in which I was involved before becoming a Minister. She can have my assurance that we are completely committed to investing in infrastructure, not only in East Anglia and Essex but throughout the country. I look forward to meeting her, Government Members and other Members of the House to discuss that important report shortly.

Lord Mann Portrait John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab)
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T7. Bolsover district council, Chesterfield borough council, North East Derbyshire district council and Bassetlaw district council have all proposed that devolved major scheme funding should be allocated to a local transport body based on the Sheffield city region. Does the Minister agree that that is a sensible way to allocate resources in order to help regenerate the economy?