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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe situation in Ukraine is at the forefront of the minds of us all in this House, and I am grateful for the immensely hard work of civil servants across Government, and of those…07 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling-up Funding AllocationI respectfully disagree with the hon. and learned Lady. Not only are we respecting the devolution settlement; we are enhancing it. Only the other week, I had the chance to speak…07 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling-up Funding AllocationLevelling-up funding is distributed using both competitive and formula-based models as appropriate across the United Kingdom. The methodology, assessment and decision-making…07 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI am grateful to the hon. Lady for articulating so clearly the concerns that so many of her constituents have. I am glad that the request for funding for waking watch has been…07 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyThe Government are ensuring that industry and those responsible pay to fix the current crisis. I refer the hon. Lady and the House to the letter I sent to the Home Builders…07 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling-up White Paper: Impact on Regional InequalityThe hon. Gentleman said that the rhetoric is not matching up to the delivery, which suggests, actually, that we are underselling what we are doing. I think what he meant to say,…07 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling-up White Paper: Impact on Regional InequalityI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the points that he makes. He is absolutely right: we need to make sure that the replacements for EU funding are distributed equitably and…07 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling-up White Paper: Impact on Regional InequalityAbsolutely. I am more than happy to talk to Lancashire County Council and, indeed, to the hon. Lady about how we can ensure that levelling-up funds and UK shared prosperity and…07 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling-up White Paper: Impact on Regional InequalityI do.07 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling-up White Paper: Impact on Regional InequalityMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. North Wales has been neglected under previous Labour Governments. It is only this Conservative Administration who are making sure that…07 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling-up White Paper: Impact on Regional InequalityThere are few more attractive parts of the Black Country and the west midlands than my hon. Friend’s constituency. I have not yet visited the community of Lye—I am sure that all…07 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling-up White Paper: Impact on Regional InequalityColne Valley, and indeed Kirklees more broadly, has no more effective advocate than my hon. Friend, and the bid he has put forward has much to commend it. I will discuss with the…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHelp for Rough Sleepersindicated assent .07 Mar 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)The hon. Lady makes a series of important points. Newham Council faces serious pressures for a variety of reasons, as do so many in local government. This provides me with an…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)My hon. Friend makes an important point, but it is vital not to pit urban against rural or Dorset against London. In the debate on the police grant report, he and my hon. Friend…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)I beg to move, That the Local Government Finance Report (England) 2022–23 (HC 1080), which was laid before this House on 7 February, be approved.09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)I can never resist the right hon. Gentleman, so I am happy to give way again.09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)Again, the hon. Gentleman—my apologies, the right hon. Gentleman, and quite right too —makes three important points. On looked-after children, the whole position that we have had…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)The Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee makes two very important points. First, there is the tension, which always exists, between ensuring that we…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)A great place.09 Feb 2022