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Written Question
Urban Areas: Parks
Wednesday 1st December 2021

Asked by: Paul Howell (Conservative - Sedgefield)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the population density of a town or village would have to be to qualify for an Urban Pocket Park.

Answered by Kemi Badenoch - Leader of HM Official Opposition

We are investing £9 million through the Levelling Up Parks Fund to regenerate green spaces across the UK as part of our Levelling Up agenda. The scheme will be broader than earlier Pocket Parks programmes and further details will be announced shortly.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Mar 2021
Covid-19: Hospitality Industry

"I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) and the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury) for securing this debate.

The hospitality industry is the blood in the veins of our communities. It delivers so many things that make life worth living. It supplies …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Feb 2021
Local Government Finance (England)

"Before coming to this place, I had the privilege of sitting as a Conservative councillor in Durham unitary authority and Darlington Borough Council, which cover my Sedgefield constituency, and as such I fully understand the importance of these settlements. I declare an interest: due to the delayed elections I am …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Feb 2021
Unsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and Leaseholders

"I, too, wish you a happy birthday, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I would like to start by expressing my condolences to all who have been impacted by events such as Grenfell. Whether we think of the residents and their families or the emergency services involved, we need to do all we …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Levelling-up Agenda: Tees Valley

"It is a pleasure to speak in today’s debate. I welcome the Chancellor’s promises in the spending review, which will go a long way to kick-start the Government’s levelling up agenda. As recently as this morning, in a debate on northern infrastructure, which was notably ignored by the vast majority …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Levelling-up Agenda: Tees Valley

"Let me make some progress first, please...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Levelling-up Agenda: Tees Valley

"Not really...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Levelling-up Agenda: Tees Valley

"Prior to coming to this place, I sat as a Durham county councillor, and the local councillors had a local fund to help local projects at a small level. It is a very similar concept. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman, like me, knows of things on which he …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Levelling-up Agenda: Tees Valley

"Shortly...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Levelling-up Agenda: Tees Valley

"The Tees Valley Mayor’s initiatives, such as the Tees Flex bus service, are a very good step in the right direction. I wish that that service would come up to the north of my constituency.

We must remember that, in order to level up, the benefits and successes of regeneration …..."
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