PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Levelling Up Essex (9 February 2022)

That this House warmly welcomes Levelling Up Essex, Essex’s strategy for levelling up the county; notes that it was published as the first of any such strategy in the country; notes that it was launched in Harlow and backed with announcements of new investments into skills and training by Essex County Council; congratulates Essex County Council Deputy Leader, Cllr Louise McKinlay, and the Essex County Council Cabinet for their work; believes that strong and visionary local leadership is an essential component of the sustainability of levelling up and that Essex County Council is an exemplar for locally-led efforts to level up in other counties and regions of the UK; notes that six out of the ten neighbourhoods with the highest level of community need in the entire country are in Essex; and agrees that levelling up cannot have a restricted geographical focus, as the issues it seeks to address – deprivation, low educational attainment and skills, poor connectivity, poor health outcomes, unfulfilled life chances, pride in place – exist in all regions of the country.

Sponsored by:
Robert Halfon (Conservative)