Chi tackled the Minister in the House of Commons
” The north-east has been part of the northern powerhouse brand for some years now without succeeding in obtaining any significant investment. The Democratic Unionist Party on the other hand seems to have managed the opposite trick of receiving £1 billion of investment without any scrutiny, oversight or branding —or at least not one that it would be orderly of me to cite.
“Does the Minister agree with me that it is far better to have the money without the branding than the branding without the money?