Part of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at on 1 December 2022.
Pauline Latham
Conservative, Mid Derbyshire
I welcome what the Minister said about spreading the money around the country. I invite him to come to the Derwent valley mills world heritage site, which is key to the whole of the spine that goes through Derbyshire. It is in disrepair and we need to get tourism back on track for Belper in particular. I would also like him to come to adjacent sites where we have “the clusters”, which are very ancient roads, to see how he can help with some funding.
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