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HANSARD Council TaxI am not giving way only because the Opposition asked a series of questions and I am seeking to answer them. Indeed, it is incumbent upon the Opposition to listen to the answers…12 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 2022I am grateful to all hon. Members who contributed to the debate, and I will address the points raised. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Luton North for her confirmation that…07 Dec 2022HANSARDElectoral Commission: Performance Standards for Returning Officers and Electoral Registration OfficeIn accordance with section 9A of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, I am laying before Parliament the Electoral Commission’s new performance standards for…07 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 2022I will come to that question. To conclude my point on global recruitment and retention, we obviously want successful sectors, with good pipelines of people coming in and which…07 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 2022. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. The…07 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 2022I am not sure that I accept the premise of the question. The Government ran a consultation between 4 November 2020 and 22 July 2021. Anybody who wanted to respond to it was able…07 Dec 2022HANSARD Assets of Community Value: Black Horse PubIt is a pleasure to respond to the debate and I thank the hon. Member for Ealing North (James Murray) for securing it. He raises a number of important issues that are particularly…02 Dec 2022HANSARDSandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: Commissioners’ First Report.On 22 March 2022, the then Minister for local government, my right hon. Friend the Member for Saffron Walden (Kemi Badenoch), updated the House that the Secretary of State had…01 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2022
Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Draft Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2022.30 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2022
Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Draft Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray. The three draft statutory instruments were laid before the House on 1 and 3 November. If approved and made, they…30 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2022
Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Draft Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022I thank the hon. Members for Nottingham North and for Hemsworth for their contributions, both of which went slightly broader than the statutory instruments we are debating,…30 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Service DeliveryMy hon. Friend makes an important point about capacity within local government and the opportunities this Government are making available for local councils to make decisions on…21 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Service DeliveryWe know that freeports have the opportunity to be transformative for many areas that are ultimately successful in their bids. We know that so many places, including those in…21 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Service DeliveryI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who brings a huge amount of experience from his Select Committee perspective, but the combination of what the Government have offered, which…21 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Service DeliveryMy hon. Friends from Leicestershire have made that case repeatedly, and as a fellow east midlands MP, I understand the concerns about the challenges that individual councils face.…21 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Service DeliveryOne of the services the hon. Lady highlights as being under pressure is adult social care. As the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) indicated, there is additional money…21 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Service DeliveryI was going through Bristol’s documentation on the council website only yesterday; I am happy to talk to any local council to understand the pressures and challenges it faces and…21 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Service DeliveryMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that levelling up is hugely important not just for communities in the west midlands but for those all across the country, both in areas…21 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Service DeliveryThe Government hugely value the work of local authorities and make significant taxpayer subsidy available to ensure that the work they do is successful. Last week, my right hon.…21 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Service DeliveryI congratulate the hon. Lady on making the case for that important campaign and the important changes that she wants. We can already see a successful delivery of levelling-up…21 Nov 2022