Clause 2 - Objectives and activities

Part of UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:30 am on 22 November 2022.

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Photo of Katherine Fletcher Katherine Fletcher Conservative, South Ribble 10:30, 22 November 2022

Studying Parliament as he does, the Minister will have paid attention to my campaign to be Transport Committee Chair, which was unfortunately unsuccessful last week. One point that I made repeatedly as part of that campaign was about the projects that are slightly too big for local authorities and slightly too small for the Department for Transport. The objectives, while hotly debated here, must be so prescriptive as to not allow the UK Infrastructure Bank to lend to local authorities for smaller but none the less important projects in local communities. Is that fair?