Contributions
1,066 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMay I echo the Minister’s comments, and extend my thanks to him and his team, the other Members who served on the Committee, and the many witnesses who came in to share their…14 Jan 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillThere are a number of ways to address that issue. The Minister has talked compensation, and we have tabled amendments on insurance, but clearly there needs to be an effective…14 Jan 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI say gently to the hon. Lady that had Labour-run Lambeth council not recently rushed to put 200 of its own people on the streets using section 21, because it is concerned about…14 Jan 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI promise the hon. Member that that is exactly what I am going to do. I am going to make an apology to all those in the private rented sector. [ Interruption. ] The Minister says…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Education Provision: South BuckinghamshireMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech about educational need in her constituency. Does she know of the work done by the London borough of Hillingdon in the village of…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Education Provision: South BuckinghamshireWill the Minister commit to working with colleagues in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to review the impact of home-to-school transport rules on the…14 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy interest in this all started when I became a governor of the second school ever to become an academy, back in the late 1990s. I then spent some time with the former Director of…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Provisional Local Government Finance SettlementIt is Christmas. The two wise men and the wise woman on the Government Front Bench have arrived bearing their gifts for local councils, but on closer inspection, while the goal is…18 Dec 2024HANSARD English DevolutionAccording to the Ipsos MORI veracity index, 41% of our constituents trust local councillors, with just 19% having the same expectation of Government Ministers. That is a…16 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Third sitting)As always, it has been a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dame Siobhain. In that Christmas spirit, I thank the Minister for his constructive engagement. It is…12 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 8, in clause 5, page 5, line 38, at end insert “, or (b) has a religious character or other special character and there is no maintained school or academy…12 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Third sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for talking us through the complex set of reliefs that are available. It is an issue that colleagues who represent rural areas have been concerned…12 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Third sitting)This group revolves around amendments 14, 17 and 20 and includes consequential amendments on relevant language in further paragraphs. They aim to address an issue that has been…12 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Third sitting)I know that the Minister is a localist at heart and will generally support measures that increase autonomy and decision making at local level. I recognise that the Government have…12 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 14, in clause 3, page 3, line 25, after “more,” insert— “and is not a retail premises which is open to customers for more than 18 hours a day”. This…12 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 6, page 6, line 20, at end insert “, provided that the condition in section [Requirement for the Government to commission an independent…12 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Third sitting)I am sure that most mums and dads will be glad that excellent education is already available in England’s schools, given the transformation that has taken place in standards.…12 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Third sitting)I am pleased to hear the Minister once again championing the value of local discretion in decision making; I think we mutually acknowledge that it is incredibly important. I am…12 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. You will be relieved, Dame Siobhain, to hear that these are the last of the amendments and new clauses that I will move for…12 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Third sitting)Further to that point of order, Dame Siobhan. I will not press the amendments to a vote.12 Dec 2024