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HANSARD Local Government FinanceThe hon. Lady raises an important point: a number of the formulas in place in local government have been in place for a number of years. There is always the question, which…08 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Government FinanceMy apologies; I have not yet given way to the Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee.08 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Government FinanceI am grateful to the hon. Lady for outlining her concerns. She tempts me into a wider discussion about the financial policies of the previous Labour Government and the coalition…08 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Government FinanceToday we are confirming the major parts of the settlement announced in December: greater funding for local government, greater stability for councils, greater certainty in their…08 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Government FinanceI beg to move, That the Local Government Finance Report (England) 2023-24 (HC 1015), which was laid before this House on 6 February, be approved.08 Feb 2023HANSARDCaravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) BillLike my hon. Friend, I also want to see the money that was announced some months ago to go to residents of park homes and to others who are off grid at the earliest possible…03 Feb 2023HANSARDCaravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) BillI pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope) for introducing the Bill and for the important points that he has made. As he said at the…03 Feb 2023HANSARDCaravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) BillI will not, if my hon. Friend does not mind. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch, I am also very keen on deregulation. The question is always how to do that and how to…03 Feb 2023HANSARDCaravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) BillThat is an excellent opportunity for me to pass very quickly to the actual Bill itself. My hon. Friend highlights the important point outlined by my hon. Friend the Member for…03 Feb 2023HANSARDCaravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) BillMy hon. Friend is correct: we should always look to update our legislative canon. We should always seek to ensure that it works for the challenges and the opportunities that face…03 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023I am grateful to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree for her questions and for confirming that the Opposition will support the regulations. We are grateful for their…01 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It is a pleasure to serve under your…01 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023I am not aware of a cost implication. From discussions with officials, and from working through the underlying purpose, reasons and rationale for the structure of the statutory…01 Feb 2023HANSARD Council Tax and Revenue Support GrantIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to the debate. My hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder) is…31 Jan 2023HANSARD Council Tax and Revenue Support GrantI will do that, Sir Mark. The RSG has been in place since the late 1980s. It has been a feature of the financial and settlement landscapes for a number of years. But, as my hon.…31 Jan 2023HANSARD Council Tax and Revenue Support GrantI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. I accept that the existing settlement is a complex landscape with multiple different grants, interventions and interactions. At…31 Jan 2023HANSARDThurrock Council: Financial FunctionsOn 2 September 2022 my right hon. Friend, the then Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Greg Clark), announced that after due consideration he was using…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is working to bring forward the developer contract; it has been discussed and debated for several months and we hope to have progress…09 Jan 2023HANSARDUnsafe CladdingThe Government are providing a significant amount of taxpayer subsidy to remediate cladding on high-rise residential buildings, 95% of buildings with unsafe ACM cladding have work…09 Jan 2023HANSARDUnsafe CladdingMy hon. Friend is an absolute champion for the issues that his constituents have highlighted to him, and I had the privilege of accompanying him on a visit to one of those…09 Jan 2023