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Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [Lords]

Now, I was—[Interruption.] There is lots of democracy in this Chamber; I have been speaking for quite a long time. I was just making the point about transport, because it is important. Transport sometimes sits separately from other issues associated with economic development, and if our funding streams and capital allocations are not aligned with the decisions that we need to take to encourage economic development, we do not get the most out of the resource that is available to us. So, again, the approach we are taking is a positive way forward.