The High Street

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. I will come to the point about Amazon, and not just in re...

I thank my hon. Friend for securing this very important debate. Does he agree that there is a ver...

I could not agree more. However, the engagement of businesses has been successful in some areas, ...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Local people in Houghton tell me...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. It is one that the Leader of the Opposition, the leader o...

Surely customers currently dictate that, because market forces will determine which shops are via...

My response to the hon. Gentleman’s point is that the high street is too important to communities...

I thank my hon. Friend for securing the debate and I praise the work that he has done in Rochdale...

That is an interesting intervention: if money is not being spent in some pilot areas, surely it c...

There can be exceptions. Tesco was born in Hackney on a market stall in Well street, which has gr...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. The question is about how Government can affect the situ...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate and I am pleased to serve under your chairma...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend. I have seen properties in Rochdale with business rates th...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate and on his attempt to blame the coalitio...

It is neither. My hon. Friend the Member for Blackley and Broughton (Graham Stringer) made the po...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. He has not yet addressed something that...

I welcome that intervention. I am not very familiar with the issue, and it has not been raised wi...

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I have six or seven Members wishing to speak, and I intend to call the Front-Bench spokespeople a...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Rochdale (Simon Danczuk)on having introduced the debate with h...

The hon. Gentleman touches on an interesting topic when he says that Tesco and other large stores...

Totally. Out-of-town shopping centres have a duty to the town that they are outside, and with whi...

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Order. I reiterate, I hope with more success, the need for brevity from Members to allow everybod...

This has been a good debate. My hon. Friend the Member for Rochdale (Simon Danczuk) began it very...

The recession; the progression to out-of-town shopping and superstores; the march of the internet...

I am listening with interest to the hon. Gentleman. I know Hexham, and I believe it won an award ...

Watch, listen and learn. The truth is that Hexham has a wonderful high street. As the hon. Lady c...

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Order. Five people are seeking to catch my eye. We have less than 25 minutes before I call the Fr...

From Hexham to Hackney. There are some of the same delights, but also some of the same challenges...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for ...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Rochdale (Simon Danczuk) on securing the debate.

As the ...

Order. We will go to the Front-Bench spokespeople at 3.40 pm. That leaves the parliamentary neigh...

I think my hon. Friend the Member for Cleethorpes (Martin Vickers), is more than happy for me to ...

It is a great pleasure to have the opportunity to speak in this debate as the third member of the...

Thank you, Mr Davies, for calling me to speak. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Membe...