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HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)rose —09 Feb 2022HANSARDIntelligence and Security Committee of ParliamentI congratulate the new Leader of the House on his appointment and wish him all the best. As the senior Opposition member of the ISC, I thank the right hon. Member for The Wrekin…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)I have to say, Madam Deputy Speaker, I am not known for my subtlety. I am not sorry. I do not quite understand the point. The point I made was in reference to what has been in the…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)Does my hon. Friend agree that it is actually worse than that? For local authority funding, in the last 10 years—we continue to have it today—we have had a movement away from…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Government’s fixation on competition for such funding is inefficient and is clearly being used by the Government as a pork barrel? It puts…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)I will, but it is just irritating, Madam Deputy Speaker.09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)Is not the reason why Dorset has one of the highest levels of council tax that the Government who have been in power since 2010 have reduced the revenue support grant directly to…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)Yes, I am, and the hon. Member for Redcar (Jacob Young) called me an anorak, so possibly I am both. The White Paper’s analysis is not bad in that it raises the issue that we…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI understand police funding, and I understand what the Government have been up to for the past 12 years. When the Minister—and he did this today—or the Prime Minister say that…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)I am not aware how I criticised the hon. Lady, Madam Deputy Speaker. If you could illuminate and tell me how I did, I would be quite happy. I would not necessarily want to…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)I do not disagree with the Secretary of State. County Durham is a wonderful county. It has some great towns and, more importantly, great people. But why did Bishop Auckland get…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson) on securing this…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineI will, but these issues are important, Mr Hollobone. Since 2010, the north-east has had the second smallest increase in transport funding, at £17 per head. The Institute for…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineYes.08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineWe were unpeeling the mess of rail privatisation and the underinvestment in the system, which led to things such as Potters Bar. We did get major investments, including the…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineI have no criticism of that, but the hon. Gentleman speaks up and gets the entire thing shelved for six months. That means that my constituents do not get the hourly service from…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineThe hon. Member knows as well as I do that the main answer for a lot of communities in his constituency and mine is the bus network. The fact is that because of the Conservative…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineThey have clearly not read the report. If the hon. Gentleman tells me that any Government are going to provide him with £640 million of public money for a railway to Consett, he…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineI am sorry, but the Minister has not answered the question. She is talking about co-operation and working together, but the region is doing that already. She is basically saying…08 Feb 2022