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House of Commons · Ministers' Questions

Covid-19: High Street Businesses

Tuesday 7 July 2020 · 1 question

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Key points

  • Ministerial Questions took place on 2020-07-07 regarding Covid-19 and High Street Businesses
  • Karl McCartney from Lincoln (Conservative) inquired about the influence of Chancellors on local government reorganisation in Greater Lincolnshire
  • The Treasury official responded that while they would not offer a view, more streamlined and integrated approaches tend to be more effective for infrastructure delivery

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Karl McCartney Con Lincoln
Local Government
Context

Karl McCartney inquires about a major local government reorganisation within Greater Lincolnshire, questioning whether a single unitary authority would be the best financial approach for constituents.

Question

It is no secret that Chancellors have an overarching influence across all Departments. Within my Lincoln constituency's county of Greater Lincolnshire we are faced with major local government reorganisation. Does the Treasury take the view that for the UK's second largest county a single unitary authority would be in the best financial interests of my constituents when enforcing forthcoming local government reform and devolution?

Answer from Jesse Norman (Financial Secretary to HM Treasury)

It would be wrong for me, as a Minister, to offer a view on this, but I can tell my hon. Friend that my personal experience has been that the more streamlined, the clearer the lines of authority and the more integrated and shared approach that is taken, the more effective the infrastructure delivery is likely to be.

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