Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Steve McCabe Excerpts
Thursday 15th July 2010

(13 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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I am dismayed to see that.

Steve McCabe Portrait Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)
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May we have a debate on the role of the private sector in area-wide regeneration projects? In that debate we could discuss why Tory-Lib Dem controlled Birmingham council is spurning just such a project in the Stirchley area of my constituency, risking years of blight and costing us 300 badly needed jobs.

Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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It sounds to me as though that is an appropriate subject for an Adjournment debate or a debate in Westminster Hall. I believe in localism and local government, and if that is what the local authority wants to do, we should be cautious about second-guessing it here.