Prime Minister's question asked in the House of Commons, by Michael Clapham (Labour). It was answered on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 on behalf of the Prime Minister.

Engagements

Question: Will my right hon. and learned Friend join me in congratulating the Coalfields Regeneration Trust on rebuilding mining communities devastated and broken by the Tory closure programme? Is she aware that the renewal programme in mining communities has been carried out by creating 90,000 places in education and training and rebuilding 2,200 facilities in the communities? Will she urge— ... Will my right hon. and learned Friend urge her colleagues at the Department for Communities and Local Government to—

Answer: I will support my hon. Friend’s urgings to my colleagues in the Department for Communities and Local Government, and I am delighted to join him in congratulating the Coalfields Regeneration Trust on its first 10 years of operation. I know that he has worked with fellow MPs in former mining constituencies to ensure significant regeneration in these areas, which face such challenges, particularly after the devastation of the Tory years.

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