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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fourth sitting)That is very helpful. Do the other panellists have anything to add? Nicholas Boys Smith: I will make a point very quickly; I will not comment on those detailed points. This does…23 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Bone, and thank you to our witnesses this afternoon. Your time is much appreciated. I also want to turn to heritage. It is an area of the Bill about which there is…23 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fourth sitting)Q That is absolutely fine. I appreciate your candour. I have just one very quick one to finish, Mr Bone. The written evidence for this Bill is starting to trickle through. There…23 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Moving on, there has been some interest, in both oral and written evidence, in clause 140, on compulsory purchase orders. Do you think that the powers go far enough? If not,…23 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fourth sitting)Q 117 Thank you, Mr Bone, and thank you, Mayor Andy Street, for your time this afternoon. It is much appreciated. I will start with a simple question: with the experience you now…23 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (First sitting)Q It is lovely to see you again, Tracy. It is a little different with all the screens, but we are really grateful for your time this morning. My first question is quite an open…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q This might be a good moment to go to you, Parth. In your research, you have looked at democracy and decision making. What does that tell you about who people are confident in,…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you for your time this morning, Professor. Can you expand on an element of a previous answer you gave about the work that the Office for National Statistics, of which you…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q Laura, what is your response from the West Midlands perspective? Laura Shoaf: In a lot of ways, our position is very similar. Again, there is a big focus on skills and a want to…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. Graeme, we spoke a little in this morning’s sitting about the missions. As you know, whether the missions should be set out in the Bill, or whether the Bill should…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (First sitting)Q Do you feel that the outcome of that work might be a definitive set of statistics and measurements that we could use in this space, that we could perhaps seek to build consensus…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Sir Mark. I am grateful to the witnesses for being with us this afternoon. I will start with a basic question that is probably best answered by the chief executives…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q Sacha, did you want to expand on that? Sacha Bedding: Teesside is well known for what our metro Mayor, Ben Houchen, is doing. If you were to ask people in my community what that…21 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituent Godwin Suh from Bafut in Cameroon, who now lives in Nottingham, came to see me. He described the political violence that, as anglophones, he and his family have…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Professor Leyser, for your time this morning. In your role as a member of the Levelling Up Advisory Council, with respect to levelling up, do you think that at the…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (First sitting)Q You mentioned the importance of the missions in your first answer. The missions themselves do not appear in the Bill in explicit form, as they do in the White Paper; rather, it…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you. I have just one more question, turning to your work and your previous response on regional growth. You have been part of a really successive triangle of work in…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (First sitting)Q I appreciate that, Tracy. Given the company that you have this morning, this is probably a pertinent question: can you talk to us—from your own personal experience and having…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q I will, if that is all right, Sir Mark. Good afternoon, panellists. I am really grateful for your time. I will direct my first question to Rich and Sacha. Your campaign is about…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Joanne. That leads me nicely into my next question, which is to you, perhaps with your Solace hat on, but obviously in your day-to-day leadership role in a local…21 Jun 2022