Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make assessment of the potential merits of the proposal in the Levelling Up the East of England report, published on 13 December 2022 by the all-party parliamentary group on East of England and the East of England Local Government Association, of developing a rural and coastal levelling up strategy.

Further to the answer given to the Hon Member to Question UIN 125523 on 20 January 2023, the Levelling Up White Paper recognised the challenges and opportunities that rural and coastal communities across the UK face, and the Government has taken care to make sure that all communities left behind will benefit.