Member of Parliament
Mr Clive Betts
Member since
09 Apr 1992
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1,112
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29
Last spoke
22 Apr 2026
Recent contributions (1,112)
HANSARD Local Government FinanceI certainly do. My next point was going to be that deprivation is properly recognised in the funding settlement. The problem is that councils that have deprivation either across…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceI will not go through every detail of this settlement. There is always a balance to be struck in local government settlements, and Ministers have to make their own judgments about…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceAbsolutely. Councils should be funded according to need, not according to political representation. [Interruption.] Before Conservative Members start, I do not know whether they…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceThe reform needed is so fundamental that the system would not be recognisable from what we have now. That is how we have to try to move forward. We were promised business rates…11 Feb 2026HANSARD National Cancer PlanI really welcome this plan, and the efforts of my hon. Friend the Minister and right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in putting it together. I will just raise one credit and…05 Feb 2026
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