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HANSARDLocal Growth FundingI have no doubt that the Opposition will have all the information they need to scrutinise the Government of the day—we always provide that with full transparency. What I will not…20 Jan 2025HANSARDLocal Growth FundingI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his kind points. I have a strong personal enthusiasm for Northern Ireland—its potential is huge. I speak frequently to Ministers in the…20 Jan 2025HANSARDLocal Growth FundingI cannot accept the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation. This Government’s decisions—whether on the support going into rural communities and rural policing, or the different…20 Jan 2025HANSARDLocal Growth FundingI am sorry to hear that. For our part, the UK Government are working closely with local partners and the Scottish Government to deliver the Ayrshire growth deal, which, as my hon.…20 Jan 2025HANSARD Parking: Town CentresThat is a really important challenge. My hon. Friend the Member for Dudley finished by saying that the issue is not peripheral, and that we need to address broader matters in…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Parking: Town CentresIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley (Sonia Kumar) for securing this important debate and for the powerful…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Parking: Town CentresThat is a really important intervention. I wonder whether, looking back on some of those decisions on out-of-town retail, communities would make the same decisions now as they did…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Parking: Town CentresI absolutely agree. It is at the heart of this Government’s approach to give communities tools to change places, and I will go through some of those at the end. There is a…14 Jan 2025HANSARD PlaygroundsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair for the first time, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I know that you are always fair, but I know that you can be hard as well, if need be—hopefully I will…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourThat is why we are making changes within the Renters’ Rights Bill. In those cases, the neighbours must tear their hair out and wonder what has to happen for the right thing to be…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourI totally agree with that, and I have that conversation with my constituents. I was the shadow Policing Minister before the election, and I saw the Policing Minister and Home…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourI totally accept that point. The challenge will be, as the hon. Gentleman will know from his leadership in his business career and his senior status in the previous Government,…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourI could talk all day about Clement Attlee. His policies and politics were rooted in organising in the east end of London. We often forget this, but—well, the hon. Gentleman is no…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. Christmas may be over, but I have been visited by the ghost of Christmas future, who has shown me what my life might…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourI totally agree with that. To continue the New York example, I think of Red Hook and the courts there: the idea was that they would not just nick people for low-level crimes, but…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Town CentresIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Luke Murphy) for securing this important debate and for the spirit in…07 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Ownership Fund Round 4The English devolution White Paper set out the Government’s commitment to work in partnership with communities, to transfer power out of Westminster and put local decisions back…06 Jan 2025HANSARDHousing, Communities and Local GovernmentI completely understand the challenge. Drawing a line between qualifying and non-qualifying leaseholders—between people who own a property and therefore suffer from things that…04 Dec 2024HANSARDHousing, Communities and Local GovernmentI completely understand the challenge. Drawing a line between qualifying and non-qualifying leaseholders—between people who own a property and therefore suffer from things that…04 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for that question. It will probably not surprise her to hear that the first question I asked when I became Minister with responsibility…02 Dec 2024