Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Linda Riordan and Lord Pickles

Thursday 15th July 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax) (Lab/Co-op)]

Will Ministers tell me what steps they are taking to ensure that local government regeneration projects in Halifax will still go ahead now that Yorkshire Forward has been abolished? How will the Department address that shortfall?

[Mr Pickles]

Of course, we will be bringing those regeneration projects closer to the decisions, so I hope that the hon. Lady will have a big say on them. We are kind of hoping that we will be able to involve the private sector so that we are not just moving one amount of public money across to another receiver of such money.