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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 24 November 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Graham P Jones. The answering member was Mark Prisk.


Pennine Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnership

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the Pennine Lancashire local enterprise partnership.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
519 c141-50WH 
Session
2010-12
Department
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Gordon Birtwistle | 519 c142WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the fact that the business community is starting up two specific ...
Graham P Jones | 519 c141-2WH (Link to this contribution) This is a matter of importance in supporting growth in Pennine-Lancashire and the north-west of Engl...
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Graham P Jones | 519 c142-3WH (Link to this contribution) I accept that and I will come to that point. The chamber of commerce in east Lancashire has a prove...
Baroness Fullbrook | 519 c145WH (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the hon. Gentleman's comments but I do not agree, because I believe that industry, the ...
Baroness Fullbrook | 519 c145WH (Link to this contribution) I wish to address the issue of parochial interest, which is in danger of overriding the greater and ...
Speaker | 519 c145WH (Link to this contribution) Order. It is normal for the Minister to have 15 minutes to respond to the debate, but I will allow o...
Baroness Fullbrook | 519 c145WH (Link to this contribution) I would like to make progress. We now live in a global economy, which demands a consolidated approac...
Gordon Birtwistle | 519 c143-4WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman may remember that when he was, I think, a member of Hyndburn council and I was a ...
Graham P Jones | 519 c144-5WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a fantastic point. East Lancashire has an MAA and now west Lancashire has d...
Rosie Cooper | 519 c143WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. None of the bids from Lancashire were accepted...
Graham P Jones | 519 c143WH (Link to this contribution) I appreciate my hon. Friend's comments, but I do not accept any of them. I do not accept that there ...
Mark Prisk | 519 c148-9WH (Link to this contribution) I totally understand the right hon. Gentleman's point, and I respect the fact that where one is seek...
Graham P Jones | 519 c148WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister accept that there is no such thing as pan-Lancashire when we talk about historic L...
Mark Prisk | 519 c146-8WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Hyndburn (Graham Jones) on securing the debate and thank those Me...
Jack Straw | 519 c148WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister be good enough to acknowledge that support for the Pennine Lancashire bid and the ...
Mark Prisk | 519 c148WH (Link to this contribution) I will not comment on the value of the groupings. They are the ones that came forward. If a group ch...
Baroness Fullbrook | 519 c145-6WH (Link to this contribution) I have nearly finished. The Business Secretary said last weekend that not one of the three proposal...
Baroness Fullbrook | 519 c146WH (Link to this contribution) I am nearly finished. I hope that we can come together to protect Lancashire as a whole and as a bra...
Andrew Stephenson | 519 c146WH (Link to this contribution) I will refer briefly to some of the comments that have been made. I congratulate the hon. Member for...
Mark Prisk | 519 c150WH (Link to this contribution) I am running out of time, and I am mindful that I will be in trouble unless Mr Weir allows me to str...
Mark Prisk | 519 c149-50WH (Link to this contribution) I hope to offer hon. Members a solution to that in a moment. There is support from local businesses...
Graham P Jones | 519 c145WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Lady not accept that, on travel to work, 84% of the people are contained in the east L...
Subjects
Exports Government assistance Economic growth Small businesses Lancashire Local enterprise partnerships Pennines
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