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HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillWe will consult on whether that power should be extended to foundational strategic authorities that do not have a mayor, and we will see the responses to that consultation. I said…25 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI will make some progress. Finally, we have built on the amendments made in Committee to the local audit provisions. Our further amendments contain technical provisions that…25 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI will make progress, as we are almost out of time. On the key question of funding our strategic authorities, we absolutely recognise the vital role that strategic authorities and…25 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillWith the leave of the House, I will respond to the thoughtful, constructive and robust interventions from hon. Members across the House. I will start with a theme that has been…25 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillWe are clear that our strong preference remains for executive models of government, because we believe that that model provides clearer and more easily understood governance…25 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI will make progress. The point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Maya Ellis) and the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion (Siân Berry) that we must have strong…25 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank the hon. Member for raising that point and for advocating for our national park authorities. We are clear that, as we go through the process of reforming local government,…25 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I am privileged to be able to open this Third Reading debate following constructive debates on Report. Let me first…25 Nov 2025HANSARDPride in Place Funding: Glasgow North EastI would be delighted to visit Glasgow North East and am pleased to hear of the local enthusiasm for our Pride in Place agenda and my hon. Friend’s work in supporting this locally…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPride in Place Funding: Luton South and South BedfordshireYes, I agree 100%. May I just thank my hon. Friend for the work that she is doing to bring the voices of her community to the very heart of this? Our Pride in Place strategy…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPride in Place Funding: SloughWe are providing £1.5 million from the Pride in Place impact fund to enable immediate work in Slough to develop community spaces and revitalise local high streets. Local…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPride in Place Funding: Luton South and South BedfordshireWe are providing £1.5 million from the Pride in Place impact fund to enable immediate work in Luton to develop community spaces and revitalise local high streets. Work is already…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPride in Place Funding: Glasgow North EastGlasgow city will receive £1.5 million of Pride in Place impact funding to improve high streets and invest in community spaces and assets. In addition, neighbourhoods across…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the right hon. Member for raising the important work that has been done in his constituency. We will continue to work with that group, because we want to ensure that all…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is always a champion for Cornwall. To confirm, there were two things that drove the allocation: indices of multiple deprivation and our community needs index. For…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThe Opposition have some cheek to raise that point, because on their watch, local government was put under a huge amount of pressure. Reorganisation should have happened on their…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are working with all areas to ensure that we are devolving power, whether to strategic authorities or mayors, to make sure that they can grip the economic opportunities and…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPride in Place Funding: ScotlandThe big driver of how we are allocating funding is deprivation. We are taking a slightly different approach in Scotland, where we have also looked at other indicators, including…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI will make some progress on the things we will be debating today. In Committee, we amended schedules 1 and 9 to the Bill to state that combined foundation strategic authorities’…24 Nov 2025