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HANSARD Levelling UpI thank my hon. Friend for his kind words and his question. I encourage him to work with his local council to develop bids along the lines that he has just set out. Those bids…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpIt is fantastic to see colleagues who have been here just over a year already securing substantial funding for their constituencies. Given the success that my hon. Friend has had…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpI can absolutely offer my hon. Friend that assurance, but I urge him to work with the local council to identify a priority bid for his area and assess that against deliverability,…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpI thank the hon. Lady for her question, but I am slightly confused. This process will allow local MPs to work with their local councils to identify priority projects for their…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpI thank my hon. Friend for her question. I think we should just repeat part of it: seven out of the nine north Wales seats are now held by Conservatives.16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. With regard to the Government providing funding and the impact or success of it, I understand that the Ministry of Housing,…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I am very much a fan of the “can I have some more?” approach, so I think it is completely appropriate that he should ask for more funding,…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpI am slightly embarrassed, because the information that I have suggests that North Ayrshire in the hon. Lady’s constituency was in category 1 for the levelling-up fund, which…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpWhere do I start? I would like to trade analogies with the shadow Secretary of State. He reminds me of a man who has been out for an evening with friends, and at the end of the…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpWith permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on levelling up. Levelling up is central to the Government’s agenda, and we are working with local areas to ensure that…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpWho ultimately decides whether we continue to sit here? I thought we were beholden to the public. I thought it was our job to serve them. The hon. Gentleman seems a bit confused…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpI have been a bit tired of seeing my hon. Friend’s face in my social media feeds over the past weeks and months showing him celebrating the various successes as funding and…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpI congratulate my hon. Friend on the funding that he has already secured for his local area, and I completely encourage him to continue to bid for the levelling-up fund. These are…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpAs I said in answer to a previous question, the Government will not be rethinking the data or the methodology that they apply to distributing their funding, but given the…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpI would suggest two things: first, that the council engages quickly with its excellent local MP to identify appropriate projects for this funding; and secondly, that it fully…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpI think the thrust of the statement I have made today is that we fully intend to reach out to all four nations to ensure that everybody joins in our attempt to level up right…16 Mar 2021HANSARDCommercial Property: Rent ArrearsI am today informing the House that I have laid a statutory instrument that will extend the moratorium on commercial landlords’ right to forfeiture for the non-payment of rent…11 Mar 2021HANSARD Household Overcrowding: Covid-19I will move quickly. We welcome the report from the Archbishop of Canterbury’s housing commission, and we will continue to work with all organisations, such as the Church of…10 Mar 2021HANSARD Household Overcrowding: Covid-19That sounds like a particularly moving case. During the pandemic, we have seen society pulling together in incredible ways, and that is a great example.10 Mar 2021HANSARD Household Overcrowding: Covid-19I will have to come back to the hon. Gentleman on the specific scheme that he is talking about. The Government are certainly aiming to do things to help people. For example, we…10 Mar 2021