CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT FOR COASTAL AND SEASIDE TOWNS

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.