Youth Investment Fund

Part of Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at on 23 May 2024.

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Photo of Paul Howell Paul Howell Conservative, Sedgefield

Like others, I would like to thank everyone who has helped me over my first Parliament—I hope to come back for another one with a different Constituency name. On the substantive question, on Saturday 11 May I went to the Middleton St George scout hall to join the local lord lieutenant and deputy mayor as we opened their new scout hall, with more than £350,000 from the Conservative Government’s youth investment fund. Could the Secretary of State just remind us how important these community groups are—the scouts, the brass bands, and all of the different things that we see around our communities—and maybe just remind us of the breadth and scope of support that this Conservative Government have given to such organisations?

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