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Part of Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at on 17 April 2024.

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Photo of Simon Clarke Simon Clarke Conservative, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

Does my right hon. Friend agree—we do not agree on everything—that anyone who want to see why the Government introduced strong Mayors need look only at Ben Houchen in the Tees Valley? From saving our airport to introducing our freeport to bringing steelmaking back, Ben delivers. Does my right hon. Friend also agree that the best thing is that Ben has done this without charging any mayoral tax, which his Labour opponent would need to do to fund his unfunded spending plans?