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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 43, in clause 52, page 45, line 16, leave out “may” and insert— “must, within 6 months of the day on which this Act is passed,”. This amendment would…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Tenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for his answer, and for the oblique references he included in it—there was a well left Easter egg, which I was able to find very easily. In return, I…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 61, in clause 72, page 81, line 4, at end insert— “(za) in section 1(b), leave out “the relevant maximum” and insert “300”; (zb) omit subsections (1A) to…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful for that clarity. That will be enough for me not to labour the point. However, I hope the Minister might take that away and think about it, because the Bill refers…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 60, in clause 25, page 20, line 32, at end insert— “(2A) But the Secretary of State must not make regulations under section 24(1) in relation to a CCA’s…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)I completely agree with my hon. Friend. There is an inevitability about this ending up as a patchwork, not least because we have inherited a patchwork today. But there is strength…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful for that intervention. I thought that Mayor Tracy Brabin made a very compelling case. On the reverse of that, in the north-east, police and crime commissioner Kim…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)We have had a really good discussion. I agree with the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale. I fear that neatness and tidiness for central Government, rather than for…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)As my hon. Friend says, the taking on of the PCC seems to be that sort of totemic tipping moment, making this question all the more compelling. I am interested in a case in which…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)The Minister has never heard me argue for the assembly model—a red herring that he introduced to the debate—and I think the characterisation of committees as “unelected” is…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. In fact, many of the arguments that the Committee has heard in the first few days will undoubtedly be used in reverse for the next few…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)At no point have I complained that this is too neat and tidy. I am saying that Ministers are seeking convenience; not that the settlement is too neat and tidy but that Ministers…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)I have literally just said that I doubt that that would be the case, but it is for those communities to decide, not me, and I have no intention of doing so. This is about…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)We will have many days to consider that in great detail and at great length to establish those facts. Question put, That the amendment be made.05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 33, in clause 26, page 21, line 4, after “mayor’s” insert “statutory”. This amendment would clarify that an appointed deputy is a statutory one rather than…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)I agree with the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale that there is certainly an irony and a contrast between the two debates. Nevertheless, I think it is implied—frankly, it…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 34, in clause 26, page 21, line 4, at end insert— “(1A) The mayor may appoint more than one person to be a deputy Mayor, in which case references in this…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for giving way as he was about to conclude. Just to be clear, the Government’s intention is that deputy Mayors will be members of the county combined…05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)Is the intention for the role to go to a private citizen, not a constituent member of the authority?05 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Ninth sitting)I am really grateful for that discussion. As my hon. Friend the Member for York Central said—this relates to amendment 35 in my name—we should seek to use these roles as a way of…05 Jul 2022