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Debate between Martyn Day and Jake Berry
Monday 10th December 2018

(6 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jake Berry Portrait Jake Berry
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Our LEP review is about putting our LEPs on a permanent footing as we leave the European Union. Abolishing overlaps is about creating accountability for all LEPs and is part of a wider suite of reforms ensuring that LEP boards reflect the diverse communities they represent by asking them to have at least 50% of their boards made up of local businesswomen.

Martyn Day Portrait Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (SNP)
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T9. The UN rapporteur on racism looked at the impact of Brexit, and highlighted “the growth in the acceptability of explicit racial, ethnic and religious intolerance.” What are the Government doing to tackle that, and does the Secretary of State agree that recent comments from the Prime Minister have been deeply unhelpful in this regard?