Part of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – in the House of Commons at on 22 April 2024.
John Cryer
Labour, Leyton and Wanstead
The Minister mentioned pubs that have been rescued and secured for the community, but where historic local pubs, which were at one time hubs of the community, have been wrecked by absentee owners and therefore require capital investment, does he envisage the funding being used in that regard as well?
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