Levelling-up Agenda

Order. We have 13 Back-Bench speakers. If there is to be any chance of everybody getting in, we w...

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

It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Edward. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Me...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward.

Clearly, this debate is abou...

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward.

I congratulate my hon....

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. My warmest congratulations to the ...

It is a pleasure to speak on this subject today. I add my congratulations to my hon. Friend the M...

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

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I congratulate my hon. Friend the ...

Diolch yn fawr iawn, Sir Edward; it is an honour to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate...

It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I join others in congr...

It is a huge pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I congratulate the hon. Membe...

I agree wholeheartedly. Is the hon. Gentleman aware that on the Isle of Wight, although there are...

That is a free measure the Government could take to have real power. I am grateful to the hon. Ge...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I am incredibly grateful to my hon...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, Sir Edward, and to follow the hon. Member for North Eas...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) for securing this debate. Although the s...

It is a pleasure to speak in a debate that you are chairing, Sir Edward. I congratulate the hon. ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I am just about to finish. There have been 11 years of real-terms cuts in so many public services...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward, as it was to serve under your pred...

I thank the Minister for his extensive response. That brings to the fore one of the problems here...

Of course, my hon. Friend is right to point to this. In many cases, the core is going to be effec...

Once the announcement was made, they did act swiftly, but I first raised the issue with the then ...

Minister, could you please give the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) a couple of minutes...

I think I have 30 seconds before we get to that point.

I am very happy not to speak again.

I will end in 26 seconds to allow my hon. Friend plenty of time to speak.

I want to engage ...

I thank everyone for taking part in the debate. I thank the Minister for his eloquent and detaile...

Thank you for a very good debate on the levelling-up fund—I wish that Gainsborough could get some...