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HANSARDDraft East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I confirm that the Opposition do not intend to divide the Committee on this statutory instrument. The regulations…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Local Government FinanceFirst, I thank the Select Committee for the work that it has done in this area. Last week, we received the report “Financial distress in local authorities”, and a great deal of…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Local Government FinanceToday should and could have been the day when the Government, after 14 years in power, finally fixed the crisis in local government. After a lost decade, they could and should…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Financial Distress in Local AuthoritiesYou have set the bar now.01 Feb 2024HANSARD Financial Distress in Local AuthoritiesI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for what I think is a very important report. I also thank the Committee members who have spent a significant amount of time getting under…01 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayors) Filling of Vacancies Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I confirm on behalf of the official Opposition that we do not intend to divide the Committee on this matter. The…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Somerset Council: Funding and GovernanceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard, and to respond to the debate secured by the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr Fysh). Despite the clear localised…30 Jan 2024HANSARDf40 Local Authorities: FundingWhen it comes to the funding of schools, should not the Government just follow the money? Amber Infrastructure, which owns Newman College in Chadderton, has paid out £80 million…29 Jan 2024HANSARDCouncil Budget DeficitsThe reality is that more and more councils are being pushed to the financial brink. It stands as a fact that more councils issued bankruptcy notices last year than in the previous…22 Jan 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: HotelsOldham has a proud history of supporting the persecuted. As of March last year, our town is home to 910 asylum seekers, 145 of whom are in hotel accommodation, but there the…15 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaBritain must maintain that international law is followed on the international stage, specifically the protection of civilians, including innocent children. Does the Minister agree…19 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I am delighted to take up the role of shadow Minister for English Devolution and Local Government, and to discuss…12 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre Safetyrose —05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesI congratulate my hon. Friend on the impact he is making on an important issue that affects almost every community in the country. I am glad that he has taken such a robust line…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyIf we accept that there was nothing the Government could do about the near quarter of a million cases—the Minister has used the Co-operative Group’s figure himself—where a police…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyI do agree with that—in fact, it is Labour party policy to create those banking hubs—but we should not have got into this position to begin with. It should have been required by…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyThe reason why we are all in the Chamber for this debate is that we understand the importance and significance of our town centres and high streets. They are our community, they…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyI accept the explanation that it is not a written policy, but how does the Minister explain that in 76% of the 300,000 sample cases, the police did not turn up?05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyDoes the Minister accept that the workplace is a personal place for those who work there? The Co-op Group has reported that in the year to date some 300,000 incidents of abuse and…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyWe do see that, as I will come on to say a bit later. In Oldham town centre, we have a lot of conversions from offices, pubs and retail to houses in multiple occupation. A lot of…05 Dec 2023