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HANSARDCombined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 19 February be approved.25 Mar 2024HANSARDTeesworks Project: AuditAgain, I can only give an assurance that this will not be waiting for six months. A number of these actions are required immediately and are therefore ongoing. We will be…20 Mar 2024HANSARDTeesworks Project: AuditI assure the House that all procedures are being followed and, where necessary, they are being tightened as a result of the review. Therefore, where the recommendations need…20 Mar 2024HANSARDTeesworks Project: AuditI can assure this House that the mayor has accepted all the recommendations in that report and is enacting them now. We have asked for a report in six months’ time on how much…20 Mar 2024HANSARDTeesworks Project: AuditI need to be very clear that the review did not find any wrongdoing. Some governance issues need to be fixed; they are being fixed. On whether commissioners needed to be put in…20 Mar 2024HANSARDTeesworks Project: AuditI thank the noble Baroness for her supplementary question. I assure her that the letter is on its way; I thought that it was already sent, so I apologise if she has not received…20 Mar 2024HANSARDTeesworks Project: AuditThe public and private sector bodies engaged in the Teesworks project are responsible for ensuring that they comply with all relevant audit requirements. Additionally, the…20 Mar 2024HANSARDTeesworks Project: AuditI thank the noble Lord for his question. I already have an outstanding question from one of his colleagues on his Benches from the debate last week. I am trying to find the exact…20 Mar 2024HANSARDExtremism Definition and Community EngagementI thank the noble Baronesses for their questions. I understand that this is a sensitive issue, and I appreciate the co-operation being shown here today. But as the Secretary of…19 Mar 2024HANSARDExtremism Definition and Community EngagementWe are just finalising the criteria regarding how this will be measured, what the metrics are, and how the evidence will be compiled and then decided. As and when that happens, we…19 Mar 2024HANSARDExtremism Definition and Community EngagementAbsolutely. I totally agree with my noble friend; I am sure most people in this House do as well. We are in a period of heightened tensions. Anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim hate…19 Mar 2024HANSARDExtremism Definition and Community EngagementI certainly will undertake to do that. The sole purpose of bringing this under one umbrella is to ensure that all departments treat this with the same lens. They will have the…19 Mar 2024HANSARDExtremism Definition and Community EngagementI can answer part of the question, but the other part is yet to be worked out in terms of the detailed processes. The Secretary of State referred in the other House to the types…19 Mar 2024HANSARDExtremism Definition and Community EngagementI thank the noble Baroness for her questions. I will commit to replying in writing on how many of those groups the department has engaged with. The Minister, my noble friend Lady…19 Mar 2024HANSARDExtremism Definition and Community EngagementI acknowledge the noble Lord’s comments and recognise many of them. For me, there is no boundary as to where this goes. If somebody is practising extremism that matches the…19 Mar 2024HANSARDExtremism Definition and Community EngagementI agree with my noble friend that those documents being leaked is really unfortunate, and has had some damaging effects. I assure the House that the list does not currently exist;…19 Mar 2024HANSARDExtremism Definition and Community EngagementI confirm that the list has not yet been generated. As and when it is, I expect it to be on current, up-to-date data and evidence. I can therefore reassure the noble Baroness that…19 Mar 2024HANSARDLocal Regeneration: Industrial AreasI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Armstrong of Hill Top, for tabling this important debate on local regeneration of former industrial areas across the whole of the United Kingdom.…07 Mar 2024HANSARDLocal Regeneration: Industrial AreasI give the noble Baroness that assurance: I will take that back to the department. It is my first week in the department, so I do not have an answer for her now, but I will speak…07 Mar 2024HANSARDLocal Regeneration: Industrial AreasI will certainly commit to making sure we follow up on this in detail to the noble Baroness. Given that publication is imminent, I hope we can follow up as and when that happens.07 Mar 2024