Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 20 July 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Mark Simmonds. The answering member was Lord Stunell.

Coastal Towns (Government Policy)

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on Government policy on coastal towns.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 514 c24-47WH
Session: 2010-12
Department: Department for Communities and Local Government
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Speaker | 514 c38WH (Link to this contribution) Order. We have now completed the list of speakers who gave notice to Mr Speaker in advance. We have ...; Eric Ollerenshaw | 514 c38-9WH (Link to this contribution) I will try to be brief and not to repeat what other hon. Members have said. I congratulate the hon. ...; John Pugh | 514 c34-6WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Boston and Skegness (Mark Simmonds) on starting this important de...; Graham Stuart | 514 c36-8WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to take part in the debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and...; Speaker | 514 c32WH (Link to this contribution) Before I call the next speaker, if we are to fit in everybody who wishes to speak, contributions nee...; Paul Maynard | 514 c32-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to sit under your chairmanship, Mr Chope, and having heard your instruction, I shal...; Alan Campbell | 514 c39-41WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Boston and Skegness (Mark Simmonds) on securing an important deba...; Speaker | 514 c41WH (Link to this contribution) Order. It is very unfortunate that six colleagues still wish to speak but there is not enough time f...; Eric Ollerenshaw | 514 c39WH (Link to this contribution) There was certainly a lack of success. I disagree to some extent with my hon. Friend the Member for...; Martin Vickers | 514 c45WH (Link to this contribution) I accept what the Minister says about intervention and passing down power to local authorities. Will...; Lord Stunell | 514 c45-6WH (Link to this contribution) We are, of course, having a cull of quangos. I cannot answer the hon. Gentleman's specific point, bu...; John Pugh | 514 c46WH (Link to this contribution) As much as I subscribe to the doctrine of localism, there is a degree of pump priming needed. Most l...; Lord Stunell | 514 c46-7WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend anticipates the next paragraph of my speech, which talks about the £1 billion regiona...; Stephen Gilbert | 514 c41-2WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to take part in the debate and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Boston ...; Gordon Marsden | 514 c42-4WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Boston and Skegness (Mark Simmonds) most warmly on securing this ...; Speaker | 514 c47WH (Link to this contribution) Order. We now move to our next debate.; Mark Simmonds | 514 c25-6WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that critical intervention. He is right to highlight the importance o...; Graham Stuart | 514 c26WH (Link to this contribution) When large Departments have to make cuts fairly deeply and relatively quickly, the tendency is to cu...; Mark Simmonds | 514 c24-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to see you in the Chair this morning, Mr Chope. I am delighted to have secured this deb...; Bill Esterson | 514 c25WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way and for securing this debate. My constituency inc...; Mark Simmonds | 514 c26-8WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a powerful, important point. I understand that the Government direction of poli...; Brandon Lewis | 514 c28-9WH (Link to this contribution) I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness (Mark Simmonds) on securing this importa...; Laura Sandys | 514 c29-30WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness (Mark Simmonds) for introducing this subje...; Bill Esterson | 514 c30WH (Link to this contribution) As a man of Kent, I am familiar with Thanet and the problems in Ramsgate that the hon. Lady describe...; Speaker | 514 c30WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I must cut the hon. Gentleman off.; Laura Sandys | 514 c30WH (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman's point, but in many ways the money that was invested in our area wa...; Graham Stuart | 514 c30WH (Link to this contribution) Another aspect of the previous Government's endless expenditure of money with little delivery for co...; Laura Sandys | 514 c30-1WH (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree. We had many short-term projects. My area of Kent ended up as a centre of excelle...; Ian Swales | 514 c31WH (Link to this contribution) I am from Redcar, and on Thursday there is a planning hearing about having HMOs—which will involve s...; Laura Sandys | 514 c31WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister for Housing recently announced that we are to give local authorities the opportunity fo...; Graham Stuart | 514 c32WH (Link to this contribution) May I chide my hon. Friend a little? One of the great—and rarely remarked on—legacies of the last La...; Laura Sandys | 514 c32WH (Link to this contribution) My concern is specifically with housing stock. My constituency has enough housing, but it is in an i...; Tony Baldry | 514 c39WH (Link to this contribution) Were you successful?; Lord Stunell | 514 c44-5WH (Link to this contribution) It is good to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Amess. Thank you very much for inviting colleagues t...
Subjects: Disadvantaged Coastal areas Flood control Poverty Tourism Unemployment Regeneration
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Coastal Towns (Government Policy)

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