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HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe Secretary of State is a born performer and he was clearly having fun today. I was glad for him that he could not see the faces behind him when we reached the planning section.…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe hon. Member absolutely has a right to challenge me on my comments, and so have her constituents. They might want to know why Kent has had £276.8 million taken from its budget…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThat was a superb audition for the forthcoming reshuffle and I am sure we will hear many more of them. I hope that that gave the right hon. Gentleman a better press release for…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillIf I am not mistaken, my hon. Friend is about to raise one of them, so I give way to him.08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillMy hon. Friend is an outstanding advocate for her community and we on the Front Bench absolutely support her call for proper action to deal with the crisis of flooding around the…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillOf course I will give the hon. Member the opportunity— [ Interruption. ]08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI of course gave the hon. Member the right of reply, but I am quoting literally and directly a quote on his website. If those are not his words and are not correct, I leave it up…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillOut of deference to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, of course I will rephrase my words in a manner that is far more acceptable to you: this looks awfully dodgy to me, Secretary of…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillNo, I will not give way— [ Interruption. ]08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThat was a fantastic audition for the Secretary of State’s job, but I cannot imagine, based on that performance, that the hon. Gentleman will be around long enough to keep his…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillAreas can get consolidation of local transport funding. They can get a role in designing and delivering future employment programmes and access to something called a long-term…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillGiven all the chuntering and chuckling among the hon. Gentleman’s colleagues, I did not catch the end of his intervention, but I can tell him that we have been calling for a long…08 Jun 2022HANSARDEconomic GrowthIt is increasingly as though the Government are living on a completely different planet. The other day, the Secretary of State was in Stoke, which has had £35 million taken off it…16 May 2022HANSARDEconomic GrowthLook, can the Minister not see the crisis unfolding across the country? There has been the biggest fall in living standards since the 1950s. Pensioners are boarding buses just to…16 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesIf I were the hon. Gentleman, I would be very careful about trying to give the Opposition lessons on bullying, given the allegations that were found to have merit against the Home…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesOut there in the country, a crisis is unfolding. We have the biggest fall in living standards since the 1950s, pensioners boarding buses to keep warm and food banks handing out…12 May 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeWe were so relieved to hear that the Secretary of State was going to announce a scheme to allow Ukrainian refugees a route to safety after weeks of delay, but a press release is…14 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is three months since Russian troops massed at the Ukraine border and not a single detail has been published about the community sponsorship scheme that the Secretary of State…07 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI point the Secretary of State to last year’s inspectorate report that highlighted that his existing scheme is an absolute shambles. People are being asked to wait months on end…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationThey say, “Give us the powers to act. Give us the powers and the laws that we need and we will take action.” The people who lead authorities throughout the country have skin in…23 Feb 2022