Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's industrial strategy on East Renfrewshire.

The UK Government agreed the Glasgow City Deal which will see £524 million in new UK Government funding flow into the Glasgow city region, supporting East Renfrewshire and seven other authorities. Projects and programmes will help improve transport infrastructure, invest in world class life sciences facilities, and tackle unemployment through targeted support for the young and the vulnerable.

We are committed to developing an ambitious Industrial Strategy for the whole of the UK. We will continue to work with the devolved governments – building on shared interests to deliver better outcomes for the people of East Renfrewshire, and for the rest of the UK.