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HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionAgain, I am afraid I cannot pre-empt what the Home Secretary is about to say, but the hon. Lady will have the chance to put that point to her soon. In our community strategy and…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionI can assure the hon. Gentleman that the position has not moved. I have previously stated in answer to written questions that we are not meeting the Muslim Council of Britain.…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s question. His work on the persecution of Christians across the world reads across to some of those challenges in making sure we have…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 have always felt that there were two types of politician. There are those who seek to move things forward politically by bringing people together, and those who seek to exploit…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionI agree with a lot of what the hon. Lady’s says about earlier interventions and tackling isolation at its root. As she says, local authorities are really important partners in…21 Jan 2025HANSARDLocal Growth FundingAs has been a theme of earlier questions, revitalising our high streets is a priority for this Government. We have announced a number of measures, including permanently lowering…20 Jan 2025HANSARDLocal Growth FundingLocal growth funding is crucial to our growth mission and to tackling regional inequalities. The Government will set out a refreshed approach to local growth funding at the…20 Jan 2025HANSARDHigh Street Rental AuctionsWe are aware that with new responsibilities for local authorities come new costs. Local authorities want to spend their money as effectively as possible, so we have made £1.5…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern IrelandI know that local authorities from Northern Ireland to Cornwall are interested to know their allocations, information about which was made available to them in recent weeks, and…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern IrelandWe inherited a situation in which the previous Government had not made any money available for that work. I have no doubt that the transition year creates significant challenges…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern IrelandThe UK shared prosperity fund supports people, businesses and communities across Northern Ireland, and is an important part of this Government’s local growth funding. The…20 Jan 2025HANSARDHigh Street Rental AuctionsI am sad to hear about Crewe’s experience, but I know it is shared up and down the country. Crewe has a proud record in the retail space and I believe it can have that again, but…20 Jan 2025HANSARDHigh Street Rental AuctionsI am very excited that high street rental auctions are capturing the imagination of local communities and colleagues in this place. A common view for all of us is that vacant…20 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend alluded to, RAAC is a devolved matter. The responsibility for ensuring that buildings are safe is, of course, that of the owner, but we keep RAAC under active…20 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe community ownership fund came to an end with its round in December; the previous Government, of course, left no future funding for it. The hon. Lady knows that we have made a…20 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be very happy to take that meeting. We approach buildings under 11 metres on a case-by-case basis to seek a solution. I am happy to do so with my hon. Friend.20 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman will know that these decisions are taken on a case-by-case basis, generally depending on the extent of damage from floods. We will look at that closely. I would…20 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsSadly, I hear these stories across the country as well. The reality is that the best step that can be taken is for the developer to enter into the cladding safety scheme, to get…20 Jan 2025