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HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill (First sitting)Q My next question is probably more for Richard and Adrian, in terms of your member authorities and your members. It is about the impact of rate retention. Are you confident that…25 Jun 2019HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill (First sitting)I recognise from the outset that this is slightly expanding the scope, but I will try to be disciplined about it. Do your members have a view about the treatment of plant and…25 Jun 2019HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill (First sitting)The question has been answered. I need no further response.25 Jun 2019HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill (First sitting)Q Is there a call from your members for a more fundamental review of business taxation, rather than the silo approach of the review of business rates? Annie Gascoyne: You mean…25 Jun 2019HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill (First sitting)Q May I ask one question of Richard? Is the LGA making a specific request that the change of date from September to December be reviewed as part of this process? Councillor Watts:…25 Jun 2019HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill (First sitting)Q The revaluation period is being brought forward, which is a subject of the Bill. Revaluations obviously have a direct cash impact on the members that each of you represent. With…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) BillFirst, may I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests? I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association. We are very supportive of more…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) BillWe have done that analysis. We have spoken to local authorities that are part of the retention scheme and where they have managed to capture the uplift in growth of values. I…17 Jun 2019HANSARDAdult Social Care FundingI am not quite sure where the right hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) was, but a number of Tory leadership contenders were queuing up on last night’s TV…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Inequality and Social MobilityWill the Secretary of State give way on that point?12 Jun 2019HANSARD Inequality and Social MobilityIs not the truth, however, that as well as the pound that people have in their pockets being worth less now than before, the social and economic contract of this country has been…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Inequality and Social MobilityI appreciate the Secretary of State’s generosity in allowing an intervention again. In that spirit, is the Department having cross-departmental conversations on the impact of…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseI know there is a great deal of fear that the successful Tory candidate may be somebody who wants no deal, but it could also be somebody who wants to try to secure a deal. If that…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseDoes the Secretary of State accept that part of the public’s anger and frustration with Parliament, notwithstanding the back and forth and even individual contributions, is caused…12 Jun 2019HANSARDFinancial Exclusion: Access to CashI, too, congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Does she agree that when banks, such as the Yorkshire Bank in Royton, close with an agreement to relocate a cash…21 May 2019HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Preparation for Digital Services) BillI do not intend to talk at length, but I do wish to say that when people look at Parliament and the division that Brexit causes, they believe that our politics is in crisis.…20 May 2019HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Preparation for Digital Services) BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Eleanor. When we debated the Bill’s Second Reading last week, we were careful not to stray too far from what is a very…20 May 2019HANSARD Shared Prosperity FundIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) on securing this important and timely…14 May 2019HANSARD Shared Prosperity FundI understand why the Minister does not want to go down the cul-de-sac of the Barnett formula, but can he confirm that no region will be worse off than it is under the current…14 May 2019HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Preparation for Digital Services) BillI will not put the House through a rendition of “Happy birthday”—[Hon. Members: “Shame!”] But many happy returns. Perhaps this is a missed opportunity. It is a shame, really, that…13 May 2019