Levelling Up

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:54 pm on 2 February 2022.

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Photo of Edward Leigh Edward Leigh Conservative, Gainsborough 2:54, 2 February 2022

Gainsborough South West ward is the 24th most deprived ward in the country. I thank the Secretary of State for awarding us £10 million in levelling up, but does he agree, looking at the overall picture, that the prosperity of northern industrial towns was built not with Government money, but by entrepreneurs in the 19th and early 20th century, when regulation and taxation were a fraction of what they are now? What plans does he have, with his colleagues, to try to reduce the burden of regulation and taxation on towns in the north of England?