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Nick Fletcher 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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A great deal of transparent information is available on gov.uk, which I should be happy to send to the hon. Lady.

Nick Fletcher Portrait Nick Fletcher (Don Valley) (Con)
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Devolution has been a resounding success in places such as Teesside and the west midlands, but in Labour-controlled South Yorkshire it has been an absolute disaster. Will the Minister meet me, and my South Yorkshire colleagues, to see what we can do to turn its fortunes around?

Dehenna Davison Portrait Dehenna Davison
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We believe that local empowerment is the right way forward, but it takes the right local leadership. I shall, of course, be happy to meet my hon. Friend and his South Yorkshire colleagues to see how we can improve things for the great people of South Yorkshire.