Cross-Departmental Support For Coastal And Seaside Towns

EDM number 420 in 2007-08, proposed by Gordon Marsden on 28/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Central government, Employment, Planning and Regional planning and development.

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.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.