Jan. 23 2024
Source Page: Project explores potential demand for mine water heatFound: disused coal mines could be considered as a secure, low-carbon heat source to support former mining communities
Oral Evidence Nov. 28 2023
Inquiry: Proposals for backbench debatesFound: We have a number of Conservatives who represent coalfield communities right across the country, Members
Jan. 24 2024
Source Page: Correspondence regarding ScotZEB 2 scheme: EIR releaseFound: Coalfield Community Transport is supportive of the bid and would welcome the opportunity it provides
Mentions:
1: Stewart, Kaukab (SNP - Glasgow Kelvin) including the National Union of Mineworkers, which are developing commemorative activities with the communities - Speech Link
2: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) Lochore.What support can the Government offer to events such as the one in my constituency and to the former coalfield - Speech Link
3: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) The strength of our relationships and engagement with our diverse communities are of particular importance - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Allan, Alasdair (SNP - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) we use to describe our rural communities is also important. - Speech Link
2: Whitham, Elena (SNP - Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) across our former coalfields.There has been a brilliant oral history project on the go, supported by the Coalfield - Speech Link
3: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) Rural communities sit at the heart of Scotland’s culture and traditions. - Speech Link
4: Grant, Rhoda (Lab - Highlands and Islands) mean that we cannot house new people in those communities. - Speech Link
5: Stewart, Kaukab (SNP - Glasgow Kelvin) It is important to listen to communities. - Speech Link
Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase investment into former coalfield communities.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
This Government is committed to levelling up the UK by spreading opportunity more equally across the country, investing in places that need it most, including coalfield communities.
Several former coalfield communities are benefiting from our Towns Fund, our Community Ownership Fund, and our £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund.
Finally, every area of the UK will receive a share of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund which empowers local places to identify and build on their own strengths and needs. It provides £2.6 billion of new funding for local investment by March 2025.
Mentions:
1: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) report from Sheffield Hallam illustrates, as clear as day, the ongoing struggle for prosperity in former coalfield - Speech Link
2: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) Before that, they abandoned primary steelmaking, and not long after that, they failed to support the communities - Speech Link
3: Sam Tarry (Lab - Ilford South) Siemens and Hitachi Rail to set up their operations here in the UK and to build manufacturing plants in communities - Speech Link
4: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) in my speech.These businesses are now assembling and building trains, while bringing growth to local communities - Speech Link
Nov. 17 2010
Source Page: Table showing the Future Jobs Fund programme lead accountable body and Future Jobs Fund programme partner. 126 p.Found: Talbot CBCNeath Port Talbot CouncilNewport City CouncilNewport City HomesDuffryn Community LinkMalpas Communities
Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I am sure the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will be concerned to hear - Speech Link
2: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) Will the Leader of the House ensure that the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I think that this has been well received in our communities, but of course there is always more we can - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is aware of the action that Barnet Council is - Speech Link
5: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby and Ainsty) The Minister and other coalfield MPs need to hear this story, so can the Leader of the House advise me - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (Lab - Life peer) My early working life saw those industries in decline, and I worked with people in communities whose - Speech Link
2: Lord Mawson (XB - Life peer) I know she cares a great deal about these issues and the local communities they affect, many of which - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Norwich (Bshp - Bishops) I would argue that the decades-long failure to invest in our former industrial communities is a form - Speech Link
4: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) The APPG on Coalfield Communities described this as a Catch-22 situation whereby the private sector will - Speech Link
5: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) They are also creating high-quality jobs across the UK, right in the communities where they are needed - Speech Link