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HANSARD Political Finance RulesI will start with a confession: I am one of the readers of The Guardian on the Conservative Benches, and I pay tribute to the helpful article it published today with the latest…06 Mar 2025HANSARD Plan for NeighbourhoodsMuch in this statement builds on the work of the previous Government, and we share the new Government’s ambitions for the growth and renewal of our neighbourhoods and high…04 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Non-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I am grateful for the Minister’s offer—I am sure we will take him up on that—but can he give the Committee an assurance that such technical programmes are encompassing all of…03 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Non-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd, to discuss a matter that members of the Committee clearly find riveting. The Minister referred to fixing foundations,…03 Mar 2025HANSARDEnergy Efficiency StandardsAs my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Buckinghamshire (Greg Smith) has highlighted, simply putting people out of their homes is not a solution to fuel poverty. Given that the…03 Mar 2025HANSARDNew Housing: Access to Health ServicesWe know that through the section 106 agreement progress, the planning system is very good at levying funds for new NHS facilities, but NHS Property Services has not always been…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFire Safety: Local Authority PlanningWe note that the Government have chosen not to take forward the Grenfell report recommendation relating to certification bodies on materials safety. Given the previous Minister’s…03 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe increased pace of Government decision making on refugee applications is discharging growing numbers of people into the responsibility of local authorities. On top of that, my…27 Feb 2025HANSARD High Street Rental AuctionsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair once again, Mr Vickers, and to have been present for this wide-ranging debate. I am sure the hon. Member for Bournemouth West…26 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesI add my congratulations to the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam Jogee) on securing this debate. The House will know that Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner is not a…06 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesAs we see in all the debates that we have in this House, Members will attend to represent the interests of their communities and constituencies. I know that the same point has…06 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesI will, with your indulgence, Madam Deputy Speaker.06 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesI am sure the Government will wish to press that point. In summing up, it is important, first, to recognise the impact that the end of the use of coal in British industry and…06 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesI remember those debates, of course, as the backdrop to my experiences growing up, along with the miners’ strike and the various interventions that occurred. There is an…06 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesI am sure that all those former Members of Parliament, and, indeed, some of their Labour predecessors, would also be happy to answer for the work they did, some of which was…06 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesIf the hon. Lady refers to Hansard for debates on these matters in previous Parliaments, she will find those points being raised by Members from across the House—rightly so—with a…06 Feb 2025HANSARDLocal Government FinanceWill the Minister give way?05 Feb 2025HANSARDLocal Government Financerose —05 Feb 2025HANSARDLocal Government FinanceI am grateful to the Minister. I think most of us, certainly on the Conservative Benches—this was acknowledged with gentle humour by a number of colleagues—are determined to work…05 Feb 2025HANSARDLocal Government FinanceThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as an unpaid parliamentary vice-president of…05 Feb 2025