Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Stewart Hosie Excerpts
Wednesday 7th March 2018

(6 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Mundell Portrait David Mundell
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We hope to sign that deal soon. The Ministry of Defence intends to dispose of Forthside by 2020, under the better defence estate strategy. We are working with the MOD to look at how the site can be part of that city deal.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I will give the hon. Gentleman the benefit of the doubt, but he must not shoehorn his own constituency into the matter. Let’s hear it.

Stewart Hosie Portrait Stewart Hosie
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The Stirling and Clackmannanshire city region deal does indeed include the transfer of MOD land at Forthside, and the decontamination of that land, to Stirling Council. I understand that that is no longer going to happen. Can the Secretary of State tell us whether it will happen and when will it happen, or is it yet another broken Tory promise?

David Mundell Portrait David Mundell
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How disappointing to allow that negative note into proceedings on city deals. City deals have worked because they have been a positive collaboration between the UK Government, Scottish Government, local authorities and partners, and it is exactly that sort of negativity and politicking that undermines the whole process.