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HANSARDBuilding Safety DocumentationI stress that the EWS1 form is an industry form rather than a fire safety one. If those buildings are in a Government scheme, any fire risk assessment will have been quality…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFire Safety: Local Authority PlanningI am not sure that I can comment on the application the hon. Gentleman is talking about, as it will, of course, have been subject to the planning process as established in law.…03 Mar 2025HANSARDTown Centre RegenerationWe all want to see our town centres thrive, and it is one of those things that constituents raise with all of us. That is why we are delighted that at the Budget, the Chancellor…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFire Safety: Local Authority PlanningThey will be all those things; I believe that is a shared goal. For clarity, we are taking forward the recommendations. As we stated last week, we do not think that the testing…03 Mar 2025HANSARDTown Centre RegenerationI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s invitation, which, of course, I will take up. The experience that he talks about is not uncommon in the rest of the country; certainly, over…03 Mar 2025HANSARDTown Centre RegenerationIt absolutely does. My hon. Friend has been dogged, almost to the point of—well, I will not say to what point—on securing money for Rochdale. I know this money will make a real…03 Mar 2025HANSARDBuilding Safety DocumentationIf the building is in one of the Government-backed schemes, such as the cladding safety scheme, the fire risk assessment will have been quality assured by the Government, which…03 Mar 2025HANSARDLevelling-up ProjectsWe have been clear that for local growth funding we want to move away from the old model of competitive funding pots and beauty parades, which was short-term and based on central…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFire Safety: Local Authority PlanningBuilding regulations set fire safety standards for new developments, and building regulations and planning are, of course, a devolved matter. In England, developers submitting…03 Mar 2025HANSARDPlan for BarrowEconomic stability, secure borders and national security are the foundations of the Government’s plan for change. To deliver long-term change and achieve the Government’s…10 Feb 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionI do not know what in particular the right hon. Gentleman is referring to— [ Interruption. ] Well, he did not have to use coded language if he meant a specific incident. There is…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionIt is important that we are careful with our language and with conflations. One thing I know about, after the many years of building trust in my community, is that it takes a long…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionThe Home Secretary will have the chance to talk about the counter-extremism strategy in due course, but I assure the hon. Gentleman that we have been looking at the early signs…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionOn the development of the strategy, I do not want to pre-empt the Home Secretary because I am conscious that she is making the next statement. On Cabinet Office resourcing and…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionI am grateful for the Chair of the Select Committee’s question. Language is important, and it is reasonable and right that our constituents expect us to be robust with those who…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionThose whom I and all my ministerial colleagues in the Department—and all Ministers including the Prime Minister and across the Government—meet with is a matter of public record,…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionI do not think it will be a revelation for Members to hear that a change of Government often means a change of approach to what have been shared views and shared problems. I…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionThis Government have taken on the independent review of Prevent, and 33 of its 34 recommendations have been implemented. We are engaged in the counter-extremism sprint, and our…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionNational security will always come first for this Government, and we will always treat the threat of extremism with the seriousness that it requires. As the Prime Minister said…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionI share the hon. Lady’s intent. We know that, whether it is in publicly available online forums or on the dark web, there are people who will use all corners of the internet to…21 Jan 2025