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Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 21 December 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Chris Skidmore. The answering member was Lord Stunell.

Local High Streets

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on regeneration of local high streets.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
520 c377-400WH 
Session
2010-12
Department
Department for Communities and Local Government
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Lord Johnson of Marylebone | 520 c380WH (Link to this contribution) The programme was one of 50 projects that the Great Outdoors programme has used to regenerate outdoo...
Speaker | 520 c380WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Will the hon. Gentleman be brief?
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Lord Johnson of Marylebone | 520 c380WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Does he agree that the Mayor of London's Great...
Chris Skidmore | 520 c379-80WH (Link to this contribution) That is an extremely interesting point. I had not considered it, but obviously there are many shops ...
Chris Skidmore | 520 c380WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree that the Mayor is a great visionary, and we can learn a lot...
Chris Skidmore | 520 c377-9WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Gray, for allowing me to introduce the debate. I am very grateful to the hon. Members ...
Damian Collins | 520 c379WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that those ideas for rate discounts would be very interesting to food busi...
Tony Baldry | 520 c383WH (Link to this contribution) It being Christmas, you might be more generous, Mr Gray.
Speaker | 520 c383WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Before I call the next speaker, let me make a couple of general points that might help hon. M...
Gareth Thomas | 520 c383-5WH (Link to this contribution) I shall make an unashamedly parochial speech, but before I do, let me congratulate the hon. Member f...
Speaker | 520 c383WH (Link to this contribution) It is a very Christmassy outfit, if I may say so.
John Hemming | 520 c380WH (Link to this contribution) On the question of a level playing field, does my hon. Friend agree that there is merit in the Gover...
Chris Skidmore | 520 c380-1WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. I do not want to put across a message that we are anti-supermarket or anti-big business....
Chris Skidmore | 520 c381-2WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my hon. Friend, who did a tremendous job during his tenure at West Sussex coun...
Damian Collins | 520 c382WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend share my concern about the role of landlords, particularly those with premises i...
Chris Skidmore | 520 c382-3WH (Link to this contribution) I agree that it is difficult, and landlords can often be recalcitrant in a difficult market when dea...
Nigel Mills | 520 c393-4WH (Link to this contribution) I totally agree with my hon. Friend. One thing that councils should have the power to do is to say, ...
Esther McVey | 520 c392-3WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kingswood (Chris Skidmore) on securing this debate. It ...
Nigel Mills | 520 c391-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to have the pleasure of speaking in the debate, Mr Gray, and I congratulate my hon. Fr...
Mark Field | 520 c390-1WH (Link to this contribution) I agree. That would be a useful way forward. One difficulty is often the disparate freehold ownershi...
Gareth Thomas | 520 c398WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister join me in urging Lloyds bank, which has had huge taxpayer support, to recognise e...
Lord Stunell | 520 c397-8WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I congratulate the hon. Member for Kings...
Jack Dromey | 520 c395-7WH (Link to this contribution) It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I congratulate the hon. Member for Kin...
Andrew Stephenson | 520 c394-5WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kingswood (Chris Skidmore) on securing this important d...
Lord Stunell | 520 c398-400WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his speech earlier, which he described as unashamedly parochial...
Gareth Thomas | 520 c400WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister take this opportunity to encourage Lloyds bank to show even more imagination in it...
Tony Baldry | 520 c385-7WH (Link to this contribution) A debate of this kind inevitably has something of a Cook's tour quality, so I want to take hon. Memb...
John Hemming | 520 c387WH (Link to this contribution) I ask for your guidance, Mr Gray. Are we aiming for 10.30 am for the Front Benchers?
Speaker | 520 c387WH (Link to this contribution) I want as many hon. Members as possible to contribute.
Speaker | 520 c387WH (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman, but I think I can work that out for myself. Perhaps he wou...
John Hemming | 520 c387WH (Link to this contribution) We have four wanting to speak, so that would be about eight minutes.
John Hemming | 520 c388-9WH (Link to this contribution) I have to work it out for myself to decide when to stop speaking. Thank you, Mr Gray. I congratulate...
Mark Field | 520 c389-90WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kingswood (Chris Skidmore) on his excellent speech. I n...
Damian Collins | 520 c390WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that one interesting idea in the Government's Localism Bill and White Pape...
Henry Smith | 520 c381WH (Link to this contribution) In my local authority, several years ago Crawley borough council and West Sussex county council work...
Lord Stunell | 520 c400WH (Link to this contribution) I can unambiguously say yes to that. It is important that we encourage not only public services to m...
Subjects
Local government Small businesses Roads Repairs and maintenance Urban areas Regeneration
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