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HANSARDLevelling-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)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 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 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)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 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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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 (Eighth sitting)I can see the Minister nodding, so that gives me hope. However, I have not had any such contact, so I can only go on what is written in the Bill. If that is the case, perhaps we…30 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 9 allows county combined authorities to designate non-constituent members—presumably other bodies such as integrated care boards, chambers of commerce and others—as…30 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 20, in clause 11, page 10, line 37, at end insert— “(2A) Where provisions made under subsection (2) vary between CCAs, the Secretary of State must publish…30 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful for colleagues’ contributions. They were good ones. Briefly, the example given by the spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, the hon. Member for Westmorland and…30 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 46, in clause 7, page 7, line 5, at end insert— “(3A) Condition C is that the public in the area have been consulted.” This amendment would require public…30 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. We had a very good first day of line-by-line consideration on Tuesday. We had interesting debates, held in good…30 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventh sitting)Yes, that independence and transparency will be the theme of a lot of our discussions. I make no apology for that. In this case “independence” was carefully chosen because we need…30 Jun 2022