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HANSARDTopical 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 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have a good relationship with Leeds City Council, and indeed with its leader and chief executive, so let me investigate.22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is an easy one! You are right, Mr Speaker: everyone should back Ben Houchen—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 2024HANSARDBuilding Safety UpdateIn my written statement of 19 February 2024 (HCWS264), I committed to revising statutory guidance to call for more than one staircase to be provided in residential buildings with…17 Apr 2024HANSARDCambridge: Development ProposalsToday, I set out the next steps in this Government’s commitment to realise the true potential of greater Cambridge. Cambridge, as part of the “Golden Triangle”, is an exceptional…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords]Some of us should take yes for an answer.25 Mar 2024HANSARDLondon Housing DeliveryToday, I am using my powers in the Greater London Authority Act 1999 to direct the Mayor to review the London plan. I have also announced planning support to boost housing…18 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementI am very grateful to the shadow Secretary of State for the constructive, detailed and consensual approach that she is taking to what are inevitably challenging and difficult…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement about the next steps that we are taking in the Government’s strategy to counter extremism and to build greater…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementMy right hon. Friend is many, many things: learned, wise, kind, a champion of the New Forest and a distinguished former educationalist. He is not an extremist, and I shall…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementI am very grateful to the Father of the House. There should, rightly, be a high bar on the use of criminal sanctions. We should always seek to encourage free speech, but he is…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementI am grateful to the hon. Lady for making those points, and she is quite right to say that we need to be precise. As I stressed in my statement and now have the opportunity to…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementI thank my right hon. Friend, who has a distinguished record in this area. He is absolutely right. There is, appropriately, a very high threshold for the proscription of…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementThe Chair of the Home Affairs Committee makes some very important points. I had the opportunity to meet Dame Sara and Sir Mark to discuss our work on this new definition and, of…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementDuring her time in the Home Office, my right hon. Friend initiated and took forward fantastic work to deal with extremism and intolerance. She is right that the definition does…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementI am grateful to the hon. and learned Lady for her point. Again, I stress that this is about Government engagement. Although she or I might agree or disagree with an individual or…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementAgain, I am grateful to my right hon. Friend and commend him on the work he did in the Home Office during his time there. He will have known that there was an already existing…14 Mar 2024HANSARD Extremism Definition and Community EngagementI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for the points he makes. His question gives me an opportunity to clarify that we will proceed with caution and that this definition…14 Mar 2024