Capital Projects: Spending Decisions Debate
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Lord Trefgarne
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Capital Projects: Spending Decisions
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Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
My Lords, if you look at the missions in the levelling-up Bill, you can see that all those things are important. It is up to local authorities, though, together with the private sector and the voluntary sector, to put forward their ideas in their places, as to how they feel that they can deliver those improvements, such as economic investment in their area. It is up to local authorities—but I agree with the noble Lord that there are many more things that we can do in order to encourage, in those particular areas, a true economic development.
Lord Trefgarne (Con)
My Lords, can the Minister offer any advice to Woking Borough Council, where I live, which is more than £1 billion adrift?
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
I am very sorry to say to my noble friend that no, I cannot. I am sure that there are people within the department who will be working with that borough council in order to help it through its difficulties.