Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 2
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Paragraph: 44
The overall framework for this investment should be provided by the National Infrastructure Strategy, but...
Conclusion
The overall framework for this investment should be provided by the National Infrastructure Strategy, but this is significantly delayed and has yet to be published. The Government is keen to spend money quickly as part of the Coronavirus “bounce back” but it needs to publish the overall infrastructure strategy to ensure that money is spent in a co-ordinated and effective way.
Paragraph Reference:
44
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
This Government’s levelling up agenda will spread opportunity to every region and nation of the UK; ensuring everyone benefits from growth in the UK. It targets the long-standing economic and social disparities across the country, giving everyone growing up in this country the opportunity they need to succeed. nations to succeed, decarbonising the economy and will set out further details about the government’s long term ambitions for infrastructure and the role of this in the levelling up agenda at the Spending Review and in the National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS) this autumn.