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Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 February 2025

Debate

English Devolution and Local Government

Contribution

Well, it very much seems that Cumbria is our happy place this afternoon. I worked very closely with the politicians in Cumbria to get to where we are and am very pleased to see what they are doing. The noble Lord is quite right about local people taking decisions. The Government set an overall framework around these things, but this is absolutely right. Economies are different in every area and their needs, in terms of skills and training and infrastructure to support those economies, are different across the country. Therefore, it is very important that those decisions about strategic growth are taken locally. I agree that it is time that we got those powers, and the funding to enable that, out to the areas where they can do the best job.

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