Prime Minister's question asked in the House of Commons, by Chris Law (Scottish National Party). It was answered on Wednesday, 15 July 2020 on behalf of the Prime Minister.

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Engagements

Question

Last month, the Chancellor received a letter from all Tayside councils, including my proud city of Dundee, requesting urgent action to finally sign off the Tay cities deal after more than 18 months of waiting. Six thousand jobs

hang in the balance while this constant delay continues, and the situation has been described, quite rightly, as “ridiculous” by the chief executive of the region’s chamber of commerce. Two previous Prime Ministers have failed to deliver when asked, so will this Prime Minister personally guarantee that he will sign off this vital city deal without delay?

Answer

I know that we have done a number of growth deals in Scotland recently and that we intend to do more. The best I think I can say to the hon. Gentleman is that I will write to him with an answer about the Tay cities deal.

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Secondary information

Type

Oral question

Reference

678 c1514 

Session

2019-21

Oral question type

1st Supplementary

Procedure

Virtual contributions

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Subjects

Tayside City region deals

Link

View this Prime Minister's question on hansard.parliament.uk