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Adjournment debate on Thursday, 19 April 2012, in the House of Commons, led by Clive Betts. The answering member was Grant Shapps.

Regeneration

Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment of the House on regeneration.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
543 c145-88WH 
Session
2010-12
Department
Department for Communities and Local Government
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Grant Shapps | 543 c182-3WH (Link to this contribution) I understand the point that the Committee Chair is trying to make, but the problem with his analysis...
Clive Betts | 543 c182WH (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Minister did not misunderstand the Committee's comments. No one was denying the bene...
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Grant Shapps | 543 c183-4WH (Link to this contribution) Here we have the fundamental difference of view. I think that we cannot simply do regeneration to pe...
Simon Danczuk | 543 c183WH (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister understand and accept the difference between economic development and regeneration...
George Howarth | 543 c181WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): I hope that the hon. Lady will be slightly briefer than that.
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c181WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has raised two important issues. I was going to come on to those points, but I wi...
Grant Shapps | 543 c182WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Howarth, for your chairmanship in the second half of this debate. It has been an enorm...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c181-2WH (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Minister will address the following five points that were raised by the Select Commi...
Brian Binley | 543 c181WH (Link to this contribution) The shadow Minister is being generous in giving way and I am grateful. Is there not an opportunity t...
Grant Shapps | 543 c186-7WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right and completely gets it. The point is if this country is to thrive...
Brian Binley | 543 c186WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister is most generous in giving way and I am grateful for what he says because it will work ...
Grant Shapps | 543 c186WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, which may just describe a fundamental diff...
Simon Danczuk | 543 c185-6WH (Link to this contribution) The figures that the Minister presents show those cities during a period when they were being regene...
Grant Shapps | 543 c185WH (Link to this contribution) I can bring the hon. Lady right up to date on this. There have been 176 bids in relation to the firs...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c185WH (Link to this contribution) I want to clarify that I was not suggesting that round 1 money had not been allocated. I was pointin...
Grant Shapps | 543 c184-5WH (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the hon. Lady is not aware of just how much time I have spent with and energy I have expende...
Heidi Alexander | 543 c184WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister talks about a national scandal. Does he agree that it is a national scandal at the mome...
Grant Shapps | 543 c184WH (Link to this contribution) The reality of the situation is that more than 10,000 homes were destroyed by the housing market ren...
Grant Shapps | 543 c187-8WH (Link to this contribution) I want to finish, if the hon. Gentleman does not mind. The Portas pilots were touched on but not me...
Clive Betts | 543 c188WH (Link to this contribution) I echo the comments made by my hon. Friend the Member for Rochdale (Simon Danczuk) about Kevin Maddi...
Brian Binley | 543 c179WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady's comments are both interesting and constructive, in keeping with this debate. My conc...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c179WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. She said something earlier that I want to touch on. When I ...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c179-81WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, and I will come to it in a moment. Before abandoning r...
Bob Blackman | 543 c176-7WH (Link to this contribution) As is popular, I should say, ““As I was saying.”” I was talking about a regeneration project for Har...
George Howarth | 543 c176WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): We now have half an hour added on, which takes us to 6 o'clock. When the sitting was...
Heidi Alexander | 543 c179WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend was talking about the history of the bottom-up approach in regeneration initiatives. ...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c177-9WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to be able to take part in this debate, which has been an excellent one. We had pow...
Heidi Alexander | 543 c174WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is talking about the limited availability of money. I should like to ask him the ...
Bob Blackman | 543 c173-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Howarth, and to contribute ...
George Howarth | 543 c172-3WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): Before I call the next speaker, it might help if I explained that in the event of a ...
Jessica Lee | 543 c171-2WH (Link to this contribution) I essentially agree with my hon. Friend's points. Local communities have a better understanding of t...
Brian Binley | 543 c171WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and it is good to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. ...
Jessica Lee | 543 c171WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, but she may not be surprised when I say that she is temp...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c171WH (Link to this contribution) I noted the point that the hon. Lady made in her earlier intervention. Does she accept that some pre...
Jessica Lee | 543 c170-1WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much, Mr Howarth, for calling me to speak. It is a pleasure to serve under your chair...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c174WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that the consequence of the policy direction that he is outlining is ...
Bob Blackman | 543 c174-6WH (Link to this contribution) The potential consequence is that, yes, areas could be told, ““We can't invest anything in you becau...
Bob Blackman | 543 c174WH (Link to this contribution) That is a key point in the whole regeneration debate. My hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (Mark Paws...
Heidi Alexander | 543 c162-3WH (Link to this contribution) I have enjoyed the debate so far. We have heard excellent contributions from hon. Members on both si...
Martin Vickers | 543 c160-2WH (Link to this contribution) I echo other hon. Members in saying that it is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Sir Alan...
Heidi Alexander | 543 c164WH (Link to this contribution) I agree that community involvement in regeneration is vital. During my time on Lewisham council, I d...
Jessica Lee | 543 c163-4WH (Link to this contribution) On that point, is not the entire purpose of localism that people do respond? Communities have differ...
Heidi Alexander | 543 c164-5WH (Link to this contribution) Regeneration is about jobs, decent homes, improving the quality of the environment—so many different...
Grant Shapps | 543 c164WH (Link to this contribution) Given that the hon. Lady is now making a very coherent argument about jobs and how important they ar...
Heidi Alexander | 543 c165WH (Link to this contribution) I was quoting Lord Heseltine when he gave evidence to the Select Committee. Let me quote him again. ...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c169-70WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making a really interesting point about learning lessons from the past and I w...
Mark Pawsey | 543 c170WH (Link to this contribution) I am not sure about a large-scale evaluation, but the Select Committee certainly took evidence on su...
Brian Binley | 543 c153-5WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise. Perhaps it is my history that takes me back to Brightside. The hon. Member for Sheffie...
Brian Binley | 543 c153WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure, Sir Alan, to serve under your chairmanship again. We spent two and a half years al...
Clive Betts | 543 c152-3WH (Link to this contribution) That is a worry and it is why intervention by public bodies, whether Government or local authority, ...
Brian Binley | 543 c156-7WH (Link to this contribution) There is no end to the consultation and involvement we should have with the people of our communitie...
Neil Carmichael | 543 c156WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, am keen on regeneration. In Stroud, we have the huge, £20 million canal project. The local a...
Brian Binley | 543 c155-6WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right to mention that. I can show Members my newsletter. Councillors fr...
Mark Pawsey | 543 c155WH (Link to this contribution) One thing that came out of the Select Committee's work was the need to engage local communities. My ...
Bob Blackman | 543 c159WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making a strong, powerful case on funding issues. One of the essential conside...
Simon Danczuk | 543 c157-9WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that we are having a debate on regeneration. Since I have been in Parliament—I readily ...
Simon Danczuk | 543 c159-60WH (Link to this contribution) The point I am making is that the Government say they are spending £3.8 billion to £3.9 billion on r...
Grant Shapps | 543 c151WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Chair of the Select Committee accept my point that people in regeneration areas really do n...
Clive Betts | 543 c151-2WH (Link to this contribution) Most of the people that I have spoken to simply hope that some budget is available—that is our criti...
Bill Esterson | 543 c152WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is describing well the need for massive levels of investment in such areas, but the m...
Clive Betts | 543 c150-1WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. It has been said, in particular about helping with sk...
Clive Betts | 543 c151WH (Link to this contribution) Some schemes will affect HMR areas but, in terms of pure concentration on regeneration issues, Lord ...
Clive Betts | 543 c149WH (Link to this contribution) I am all in favour of HS2, which will be good for growth in northern cities, such as Sheffield. I am...
Rehman Chishti | 543 c149WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right, but in terms of the definition of regeneration, does he agree that one ...
Clive Betts | 543 c149-50WH (Link to this contribution) Regeneration is defined widely. Different areas will have different needs and a different response w...
Clive Betts | 543 c149WH (Link to this contribution) I will explain what I think it is about. The hon. Gentleman anticipates me. I do not know whether it...
Brian Binley | 543 c149WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making a great presentation and has produced an important report. In respect o...
Clive Betts | 543 c148-9WH (Link to this contribution) I shall make some points about that in a minute. The hon. Gentleman anticipates what I am going to s...
James Morris | 543 c149WH (Link to this contribution) From the inquiry I recall conflicting evidence about what we mean by regeneration. A lot of the evid...
Clive Betts | 543 c148WH (Link to this contribution) I agree. Whether it is demolition or refurbishment, there is not one right answer. The right answer ...
Rehman Chishti | 543 c148WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman talks about housing regeneration, but does he not agree that wider regeneration i...
Clive Betts | 543 c146-7WH (Link to this contribution) I accept that there are pockets—indeed, substantial areas—of deprivation, particularly in parts of L...
Clive Betts | 543 c145WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to introduce the Select Committee's report on regeneration. The Committee began the...
Rehman Chishti | 543 c145-6WH (Link to this contribution) When the hon. Gentleman talks about the south and prosperous areas, does he accept that even in the ...
Clive Betts | 543 c184WH (Link to this contribution) I want to say how fundamentally I disagree with the Minister. I just wish that he would make the vis...
Grant Shapps | 543 c165WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Lady for allowing me to intervene. The point about the regeneration fund h...
Mark Pawsey | 543 c166-9WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow a fellow Select Committee member, the hon. Member for Lewisham East...
Mark Pawsey | 543 c150WH (Link to this contribution) I am mindful of the advice from the mayor of Newham, because there is rather more to regeneration th...
Grant Shapps | 543 c151WH (Link to this contribution) wondered whether the hon. Gentleman had noted that two major housing market renewal areas were cover...
Bill Esterson | 543 c147-8WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend describes the situation in Merseyside well, including in Bootle, my constituency neig...
Subjects
Housing Infrastructure Planning Regional planning and development Urban areas Regeneration
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