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HANSARDTopical QuestionsNewcastle has benefited from great civic leadership from Nick Forbes, who, sadly, is no longer the leader of Newcastle City Council as a result of a Corbynite coup. I want to…16 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman raises an important question. I am very grateful to the more than 100,000 UK citizens who have signed up to offer their homes for the scheme. As well as…16 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe allocate levelling-up fund bids, as the Local Government Minister pointed out earlier, on the basis of appropriate competition in order to ensure value for money, but I have…16 May 2022HANSARDShared Prosperity FundThe normally pertinacious Member is misinformed: it is the case that Scotland receives just as much. I fear he is probably missing out the money Scotland receives from the…16 May 2022HANSARDBuilding Remediation CostsMy hon. Friend raises an important question, and here I have an opportunity to thank those developers, as well as the House Builders Federation, who have acknowledged that they…16 May 2022HANSARDBuilding Remediation CostsMy noble Friend Lord Greenhalgh, Minister for building safety and for fire safety, has been in conversation with the Association of British Insurers, and Baroness Morgan of Cotes…16 May 2022HANSARDIntergovernmental Relations Annual Transparency ReportEarlier today, the UK Government published the first annual report of our engagement with the devolved Administrations on gov.uk. This report has been laid as a Command Paper in…31 Mar 2022HANSARDGreen Freeports in Scotland: Bidding ProspectusOn 25 March, the UK Government and the Scottish Government jointly launched the bidding prospectus for green freeports, expanding the freeport programme to Scotland. The bidding…28 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesThe scheme will be open to all Ukrainian nationals resident in Ukraine prior to 1 January 2022 , and they will be able to live and work in the United Kingdom for up to three years.15 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesThe scheme will be open to all Ukrainian nationals and residents, and they will be able to live and work in the United Kingdom for up to three years. [Official Report, 14 March…15 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeI do not believe that we have cut local government out of the scheme, but of course I am committed to working with Lambeth, Southwark and other local authorities to ensure that…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeThat will happen as quickly as possible, not least because of the impassioned advocacy of my hon. Friend.14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeWe absolutely will, and I recognise that individuals are already making offers. I had conversations with NGOs and others today, and they will be doing their very best for anyone…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeThe funding we will make available will cover general local authority costs. There will be an additional supplement for education, for the early years, for primary school and for…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeOn the hon. Gentleman’s individual case, Home Office officials are working incredibly hard every day in Portcullis House to deal with individual surgery cases of the kind that he…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeAlthough I do not know all the details of the hon. Gentleman’s constituent, it seems to me that what he wants to do is wholly admirable and something that we should facilitate. I…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeThere are at least two very important points there. First, of course we need to move faster to move people from hotel accommodation into more suitable long-term accommodation, but…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeFirst, there is no cap overall on the number of people who can benefit. Secondly, as I mentioned, the Scottish Government have suggested that they could act as a super-sponsor for…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeMy hon. Friend is right. First, we need a light-touch approach that means that, when individuals come forward, we can be certain that they do not have any record of criminality.…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeI am sorry that the hon. Lady feels as she does. I should say that, when I was talking to representatives of the Refugee Council, one of them said as we unveiled the scheme that…14 Mar 2022