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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe NPPF could not be clearer about that. The new chief executive of the Planning Inspectorate is very aware of how important it is to ensure that there is public confidence in…22 Apr 2024HANSARDMetro Mayors: Local EconomiesI agree with my hon. Friend. Andy Street has been outstanding at delivering jobs and more homes in the west midlands than in any other region, according to housing targets. He has…22 Apr 2024HANSARDMetro Mayors: Local EconomiesThat is a fair point. The ad hoc structures that the hon. Gentleman described work well. All the existing Mayors work well together, and all party politics aside, it has been…22 Apr 2024HANSARDMetro Mayors: Local EconomiesI am sure the right hon. Lady is very, very keen that all sorts of matters are investigated properly by independent figures who can be trusted, but in the Tees Valley Ben Houchen…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think SNP press releases have suffered recently as a result of the travails that the chief executive of that party has been suffering, but as SNP press releases go, that has to…22 Apr 2024HANSARDMetro Mayors: Local EconomiesWe have been consulting and we have listened, and we will have to wait until after 2 May to say more. I am looking forward to working with my hon. Friend to make Lincolnshire…22 Apr 2024HANSARDMetro Mayors: Local EconomiesOur Mayors play a powerful role in driving economic growth, improving public services and giving local areas a powerful voice on the national stage. I met all the Mayors as a…22 Apr 2024HANSARDMetro Mayors: Local EconomiesIt is striking that the Conservative candidate in North Yorkshire is the only one who has a plan for growth, and a long-term plan for York and North Yorkshire’s economy. When it…22 Apr 2024HANSARDMetro Mayors: Local EconomiesI talk to Andy Street constantly because he is a model of what a strong Mayor should be. The right hon. Lady talks about housing. There are housing targets set at a regional…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsSHiFT is an inspirational charity run by a visionary social entrepreneur, Sophie Humphreys. It works in order to ensure that young people at risk of engaging with the criminal…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know how important it is to deliver affordable homes in the Lake district, in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency. We will take a close look at the examples he cites, to ensure…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is right: antisocial parking is a blight outside London, and we need to review extending the powers that are currently exercised in London to other parts of…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsFair point. Frank Dobson said that he was going to reform the leasehold system in 1995. We are doing it now. The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, which the Minister for…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Labour leadership in Bradford Council must look to its performance. I think there is a distinction to be drawn between the Labour leaderships in Leeds and in Bradford—Bradford…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is sad, but not surprising, that Labour in Ipswich has failed again. That is why it is so important that people vote Conservative at the police and crime commissioner elections…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for making that point. I can offer her, and also the Member of the Scottish Parliament for North Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Council, a meeting with…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsDiolch. I am looking forward more than I can say to visiting Ynys Môn. This is a fantastic example of a brilliant Conservative MP securing funding for Wales, for the Welsh…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsOur Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is making great progress in the House of Lords. It is being debated today and I look forward to the right hon. Gentleman supporting it when…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is spot on. It is Andy Street and Conservative councils in Walsall, Dudley and Solihull that are delivering houses and protecting the green belt. That is better for economic…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: we need change in Kirklees. The best way in which people can demonstrate their desire for change and the reconfiguration of Kirklees is by…22 Apr 2024