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HANSARD Free Movement of EU NationalsThank you for presiding over this morning’s debate, Sir David. I apologise for the fact that you have a Minister responding who is not directly responsible for this area of policy…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Policing: StaffordshireIt is a great pleasure to speak with you in the chair, Mr Bone. I congratulate the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Ruth Smeeth) on securing this important and timely debate.…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Policing: StaffordshireI was coming on to the hon. Lady’s questions, but no, the money is exclusive of precept—it is on top of the precept. However, I cannot yet confirm the method of allocation. That…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Policing: StaffordshireObviously, a police and crime commissioner has to face the electorate every four years, just as we do every now and again, and will have to justify that central cost. As I…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Policing: StaffordshireAs I say, that is also yet to be decided. Thus far, for the first year—that is where we have got to in the spending round—we have agreed that the first 6,000 will be all…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Policing: StaffordshireI have one police station in my constituency, but the difference is that my constituency is 230 square miles. I am happy to have one, in the town of Andover. Most of my…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Policing: StaffordshireThe hon. Lady raises a good point. In many ways, the police, like lots of other organisations, need to modernise the way we contact them. If there are issues with 101 and 999 in…04 Sept 2019HANSARDHome OwnershipThe hon. Gentleman puts his finger on an enormous problem for the country that we have not shied away from. He is quite right in pointing out that over the past three, possibly…22 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend knows, the Department spends an enormous amount of time and energy promoting Help to Buy to those who are eligible, and the new Help to Buy scheme, which will…22 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe cannot wait for primary legislation; we have to get on with it now. In particular, there are lots of things in the Letwin review that can work with the grain and the weave of…22 Jul 2019HANSARDFracking: Planning PoliciesAs the hon. Lady will know, we have consulted on these permitted development rights. I am hopeful, once consideration by colleagues at the Department for Business, Energy and…22 Jul 2019HANSARDFracking: Planning PoliciesThe Chairman of the Select Committee is quite right to point out the timescale on which these measures have been under consideration, and I will certainly pass on his concerns to…22 Jul 2019HANSARDFracking: Planning PoliciesThe hon. Lady is normally quite precise, but I should correct what she said at the start. We consulted not on fracking taking place under permitted development rights, but on…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities: Adopted Local PlansUnder the current plan-making regime, 37 local authorities have yet to adopt a local plan. Of these, 27 have submitted their draft plan for examination. We continue to monitor…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities: Adopted Local PlansAs the hon. Gentleman pointed out, we commenced a formal process of intervention in 15 local authorities to ensure that they fulfil their obligations. I have spent the last 12…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities: Adopted Local PlansMy right hon. Friend, with her usual skill, puts up a stout defence on behalf of her constituents. She is quite right that protections that would otherwise exist for neighbourhood…22 Jul 2019HANSARDFracking: Planning PoliciesNational planning policy makes it clear that, in considering planning applications, mineral planning authorities should ensure there are no unacceptable adverse impacts on the…22 Jul 2019HANSARDFracking: Planning PoliciesMy hon. Friend has been a persistent advocate for his constituents on this issue. As he knows, alongside the consultation on permitted development rights for exploration, we also…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities: Adopted Local PlansI have been in this job for just over 12 months, and I have developed a sense that in some way people have an expectation that I should be planning the country from my desk in…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities: Adopted Local PlansI congratulate my hon. Friend, who works very closely with his local council in its aspiration to build more council homes. This is exactly the sort of action that we want to see…22 Jul 2019