CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT FOR COASTAL AND SEASIDE TOWNS

Early day motion 420, tabled 28 November 2007 by Gordon Marsden (Labour). Signed by 35 members.

That this House congratulates the Communities and Local Government Select Committee for its report on Coastal Towns; welcomes the Government's recent second response to the report's recommendations which recognises the key problems faced by local towns; notes the importance of the Government's commitment to establish a cross-departmental working group on coastal towns; recognises the importance of involving regional development agencies, the British Urban Regeneration Association and the British Resorts and Destinations Association in future policymaking for coastal towns; and further notes the commitment of the Department for Work and Pensions to examine the employment situation in coastal towns.

Signatures by party: Labour 30, Liberal Democrat 2, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.