Shared Prosperity Fund

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Excerpts
Thursday 24th March 2022

(2 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Greenhalgh Portrait Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
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My Lords, I like to be tested at the Dispatch Box, but I have been given a blizzard of statistics and an impossible request to give five examples. No, I cannot do that, but I am not sure it is particularly helpful. We recognise the need to see real economic development and a strong Welsh economy because, ultimately, that is what is going to make a difference to people’s lives.

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Portrait Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
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How will rural areas such as North Yorkshire, the new unitary authority, benefit from the shared prosperity fund?

Lord Greenhalgh Portrait Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
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I am sorry, I did not hear the question. But Yorkshire is a very important place as well.