Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 November 2018.
Chris Davies
Conservative, Brecon and Radnorshire
12:00,
28 November 2018
What assessment he has made of the potential effect on the Scottish economy of future growth deals in Scotland.
Nigel Adams
Assistant Whip, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
Through city and growth deals the UK Government have already committed over £1 billion of investment to Scotland and are working on further growth deals for Borderlands, Ayrshire and Moray. The UK Government are committed to delivering a city and growth deal for every part of Scotland. City and growth deals show the benefits that are delivered to the economy when Scotland’s two Governments work together.
Chris Davies
Conservative, Brecon and Radnorshire
I thank the Minister for his answer and welcome him to his place. The UK Government have now invested over £1.1 billion in city deals across Scotland; does my hon. Friend agree that this is the Conservatives delivering for Scotland?
Nigel Adams
Assistant Whip, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
I thank my hon. Friend for his warm words of welcome and completely agree: the over-£1 billion of investment in Scotland’s cities shows that this Government have a clear role in delivering economic growth in Scotland. Just last week my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State was in Perth announcing £150 million of investment as part of the Tay cities deal. My hon. Friends the Members for Angus (Kirstene Hair) and for Ochil and South Perthshire (Luke Graham) were instrumental in securing investment not only for their constituencies, but for the whole region as part of the deal.
John Bercow
Chair, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, Speaker of the House of Commons, Chair, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, Chair, Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion Committee, Chair, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, Chair, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, Chair, Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion Committee
I am sorry to be unkind, but the Minister is taking too long; we have a lot to get through.
Chris Law
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development)
Given the recent news from Michelin that it will lose up to 850 jobs from Dundee, it is now more important than ever that all commitments on the Tay cities deal are met. The Scottish Government are committed to £200 million. Can the UK Government today give a guarantee that they will fully match that £200 million investment?
Nigel Adams
Assistant Whip, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
The hon. Gentleman rightly raises this issue, and I know how important it is to his Constituency, but, as I said previously, £150 million is being committed to the region in a growth deal and we are working with the Scottish Government in the Michelin action group, which met on
Danielle Rowley
Labour, Midlothian
Some £120 million was announced as part of the Edinburgh city deal to upgrade Sheriffhall roundabout, but the A720 city bypass that stems off the roundabout is chock-a-block, start to end every day, which will affect my constituents and those of the Secretary of State, but this seems to have slipped down the Scottish Government agenda. Those constituents would like to know what conversations the Secretary of State has had with Scottish Government Ministers.
Nigel Adams
Assistant Whip, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
I thank the hon. Lady for her question. The deal for Edinburgh was signed on
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