Debates between Alun Cairns and Jacob Young during the 2019 Parliament

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Debate between Alun Cairns and Jacob Young
Monday 16th October 2023

(6 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alun Cairns Portrait Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan) (Con)
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T9. The new Levelling Up Minister has got off to a flying start by awarding £20 million to Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry is Wales’s largest town and has been ignored by the Welsh Government for decades. What reassurance can my hon. Friend give me that local priorities will determine how that money should be spent?

Jacob Young Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Jacob Young)
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I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who is a persistent champion of Barry in his constituency. I am delighted that Barry has been chosen as one of the 55 towns and will receive £20 million to deliver its plan. I look forward to working with him to see Barry’s potential realised.