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HANSARDPolice Grant ReportWell, if the Minister wants to intervene, I am quite happy for him to intervene. Somebody had perhaps turned his switch off, so he had gone to sleep. I say to the hon. Member for…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportThe hon. Gentleman talks about per capita funding, but the overall effect is on an area’s ability to raise funding. For example, I do not know how many Dorset properties are in…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportThe hon. Member must look at the facts. Dorset is No. 6 in the league table, and its increase in this spending round will be 4.2%. The figure for Cleveland, which the hon. Member…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportWill the hon. Gentleman give way?08 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Government FinanceThe Minister talks about levelling up, and I do not want to go into the pain he had last week on that, but there was a report yesterday in the Financial Times that the Treasury…08 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Government FinanceIt is worse than that, is it not, because the levelling-up process is costing local taxpayers as well. For example, in round 2 County Durham put in five bids, and it is estimated…08 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Government Financerose—08 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Government FinanceMay I start by joining the Minister in paying tribute to all those people who work in local government? As a former councillor, I know the tremendous work that they do, but it…08 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Government FinanceThis has not happened by accident; it is deliberate, as my hon. Friend says. It is always interesting to hear—as we did in the previous debate on policing—about x amount of money…08 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Government FinanceThe right hon. Member.08 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Government FinanceI am sorry but that is not true. At a meeting in December, three Members of Parliament who represent the Minister’s own party, the Liberal Democrat leader of the council,…08 Feb 2023HANSARD Crustacean Mortality in North-east England: Independent Expert AssessmentThe Minister will be aware of the devastating effect this issue has had on fishing communities in the north-east. As the hon. Member for Sedgefield (Paul Howell) said, it is also…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Ukraine UpdateI thank the Minister for setting a new record for the shortest statement in history: four paragraphs and less than a page and a quarter. I return to the point raised by the right…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Agricultural Transition PlanI thank the Minister for his statement and welcome the intentions of this policy. He said that the scheme would be open to all farms of all shapes and sizes. In County Durham we…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Landfill Tax FraudOn that point, does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the big disconnect is between the policy that everyone wants to support—more recycling—and not only how it is enforced but…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Landfill Tax FraudYes, and I will come on to such an example in a minute. We only have to look at a company’s directors to question the situation, and I know that the right hon. Member for…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Landfill Tax FraudI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for this intervention. The frustration is that we do not need new legislation; we just need Government action to fund and implement the…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Landfill Tax FraudI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of landfill tax fraud. I want to say how pleased I am that the Backbench Business Committee agreed to this debate and…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Landfill Tax FraudWill the Minister give way?12 Jan 2023HANSARD Landfill Tax FraudI thank my parliamentary neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist); the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis; and the hon. Member for…12 Jan 2023