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Grand Committee proceedings (HC) on Thursday, 29 October 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster. The answering member was Robert Goodwill.

Responding to the Downturn and Planning the Future Economy

Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Grand Committee debate to consider the matter of responding to the downturn and planning the region's future economy. (Committee sitting in Barnsley). Resolved that the committee has considered the matter. Agreed to on question.

Secondary information

Type
Grand Committee proceedings (HC)
Reference
YHRGC c20-41 
Session
2008-09
Department
Wales Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons Grand Committees
Proceeding contributions
Caroline Flint | YHRGC c27 (Link to this contribution) Was not the hon. Gentleman’s party against regional assemblies? I do not understand his point about ...
Chair of Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Grand Committee | YHRGC c30 (Link to this contribution) Order. Before I call any Members, I have about eight indicating that they would like to speak and th...
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Chair of Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Grand Committee | YHRGC c20 (Link to this contribution) It may be helpful if I remind Members of the timing for our debate. We have until 5.30 pm to complet...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c21-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is quite right to say that there were difficulties, and some of those are ongoing. I ...
Michael Clapham | YHRGC c21 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister gain the impression that the banks locally in south Yorkshire are responding to sm...
Lord Willis of Knaresborough | YHRGC c25 (Link to this contribution) I shall give the right hon. Lady a break. The one serious area that I hope she will talk about is me...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c25-6 (Link to this contribution) I recently had a meeting with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to look at the iss...
Robert Goodwill | YHRGC c27 (Link to this contribution) It is good to be in Barnsley, which I represented as a Member of the European Parliament for five ye...
Elliot Morley | YHRGC c24 (Link to this contribution) The money for the power station is very welcome. Indeed, it puts our region at the forefront of new ...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c23-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is quite right. Indeed, my father served on South Yorkshire county council. His post ...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c22 (Link to this contribution) As I am sure the hon. Gentleman knows, under the first arrangements, when we had a regional assembly...
Ann Cryer | YHRGC c23 (Link to this contribution) I remind the Committee that we used to have a West Yorkshire metropolitan county council. It was not...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c23 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to highlight the textile industry, in which I know she has taken a great int...
Ann Cryer | YHRGC c39 (Link to this contribution) I ask my right hon. Friend the Minister to remind companies that depend to a large extent on publicl...
Philip Davies | YHRGC c37-8 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to be here. We have been told that this is a ground-breaking day, but some things s...
Robert Goodwill | YHRGC c29-30 (Link to this contribution) On the subject of the downturn, the first briefing that I received was interestingly entitled ““Maki...
Robert Goodwill | YHRGC c28 (Link to this contribution) It is not the remit of the Government to spend taxpayers’ money on Government propaganda, which is w...
Robert Goodwill | YHRGC c28 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a valid point. Part of the agenda for regionalism in England was to square the ...
Philip Davies | YHRGC c27 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that only the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull, East—he is such a ...
Lord Willis of Knaresborough | YHRGC c33-4 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Selby. Most of us around the Chamber would agree with...
Jon Trickett | YHRGC c33 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend worked with me when I was the leader of Leeds and he was my extremely able political ...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c30 (Link to this contribution) I want to correct the hon. Gentleman, because I thought he said that I did not address the issue of ...
Robert Goodwill | YHRGC c30 (Link to this contribution) I certainly welcome the fact that some businesses have been supported. However, the uptake has been ...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c30 (Link to this contribution) But will the hon. Gentleman confirm that his party opposed all those measures and that the 390 busin...
Robert Goodwill | YHRGC c21 (Link to this contribution) The Minister refers to the global downturn, but with France, Germany, Japan, Russia and many other c...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c20 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the matter of responding to the downturn and plann...
Robert Goodwill | YHRGC c27 (Link to this contribution) The Select Committees have an in-built Government majority, even in the regions in which they do not...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c26-7 (Link to this contribution) That slight intervention came at a point when it was guns at dawn in West and South Yorkshire. As I ...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c26 (Link to this contribution) I suspect that we may be entering into a discussion between West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire on a ...
Paul Truswell | YHRGC c26 (Link to this contribution) Can I broaden the discussion about media and culture to embrace the proposed Leeds arena project? So...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c26 (Link to this contribution) —where that material is turned into what appears on the television. The production studios are in Ma...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c24-5 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is right that if the European Commission’s grant clears all the hurdles, it wil...
Jeff Ennis | YHRGC c40 (Link to this contribution) We have had an excellent debate in all quarters. Speaking as a Barnsley Member, it is highly appropr...
Caroline Flint | YHRGC c39 (Link to this contribution) I want to talk about Robin Hood airport. I thank Labour Members who are here today—and those who are...
Philip Davies | YHRGC c38 (Link to this contribution) Yorkshire Forward has put nothing into Saltaire, which is a world heritage site and should be a jewe...
Chair of Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Grand Committee | YHRGC c29 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think that we are getting a little far away from the subject in hand, which is the region's...
Paul Truswell | YHRGC c28 (Link to this contribution) Am I right in thinking that implicit in the hon. Gentleman’s comments is an absolute commitment that...
John Grogan | YHRGC c31-2 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Betts, I shall try to be brief. I shall suggest a few tweaks in Government policy. In suggesting...
John Grogan | YHRGC c33 (Link to this contribution) To be honest, I do not think that either party over the past 30 or 40 years has a great record of de...
Robert Goodwill | YHRGC c30 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady is missing my point. I was saying that when the Government announce these scheme...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c21 (Link to this contribution) I think that it is about 1 per cent., but I will have to get back to the hon. Gentleman on that. Be...
Philip Davies | YHRGC c22 (Link to this contribution) The Minister never misses an opportunity to praise her personal fiefdom, Yorkshire Forward, but why ...
Kali Mountford | YHRGC c22-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Shipley is obviously faster on his feet than I am, because I wanted to intervene...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c25 (Link to this contribution) Alongside the issues that have arisen in Bradford & Bingley, and the effect that they have had, I ho...
Jeff Ennis | YHRGC c40-2 (Link to this contribution) Yes, Nissan. It took us four years to do that, but with the help of Yorkshire Forward we recently ma...
Meg Munn | YHRGC c36-7 (Link to this contribution) I will be brief. I want to make a point about the situation in Sheffield. Sheffield had its heart ri...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c38 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the hon. Gentleman will acknowledge that Yorkshire Forward has put £30 million into tour...
Robert Goodwill | YHRGC c28 (Link to this contribution) It relates to how the Government waste taxpayers’ money on what I suggest is Government propaganda. ...
Meg Munn | YHRGC c28 (Link to this contribution) I might be missing something. Does what the hon. Gentleman is talking about relate to the downturn o...
Robert Goodwill | YHRGC c27 (Link to this contribution) Our point is that local politics should be about local government and decision making should be as c...
Austin Mitchell | YHRGC c34-6 (Link to this contribution) Can I say first what a good idea it is to have this Grand Committee sitting in Yorkshire? It is not ...
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | YHRGC c21 (Link to this contribution) The Conservative party is about the only party that seems to think that the UK is the only country a...
Lord Willis of Knaresborough | YHRGC c20 (Link to this contribution) Those figures are impressive, but what is that increase as a percentage of GDP?
Subjects
Regional planning and development Economic recession Yorkshire and the Humber
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