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GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland Campaign

Thursday 8 December 2022 · 2 questions

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Answered 1 Partly answered 1 Not answered 0

Key points

  • The GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland Campaign has attracted more than 60 million of foreign investment in the last year.
  • Sheryll Murray campaigned for Torpoint and Liskeard to be designated as an investment zone.
  • The Government is committed to supporting local growth and levelling up areas across the country, including Cornwall.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Sheryll Murray Con
Business & Trade
Context

The question arises from the need to assess recent foreign investment trends in the UK, particularly concerning the GREAT campaign's impact.

Question

What recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland Campaign in encouraging investment in the UK?

Answer from Oliver Dowden

The GREAT campaign has been highly effective in promoting the United Kingdom around the world for the past 10 years. In the last year alone, it has attracted more than £60 million of foreign investment, and has helped to generate more than £400 million from international students and a potential further £600 million of export investment and tourism returns.

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Q2 Sheryll Murray Con
Economy Local Government
Context

Local efforts have been made to promote investment zones in specific areas of Sheryll Murray's constituency, notably Torpoint and Liskeard.

Question

I recently campaigned for part of my constituency to be an investment zone, and I was pleased when the council put forward Torpoint and Liskeard. What are the Government's current plans for the proposed investment zones, as a lot of work was put into these proposals?

Answer from Oliver Dowden

My hon. Friend raises an important point, and I pay tribute to her tireless work in promoting her constituency and the wider county of Cornwall. The Government are committed to supporting local growth and to levelling up areas across the country, including the south-west and Cornwall. As the Chancellor announced in his autumn statement, the Government intend to take forward a refocused investment zone programme.

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Not addressed: Further details on proposed investment zones were not provided; only commitment to support local growth was given.

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