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HANSARDMiddle East Peace PlanDoes the Foreign Secretary agree that the United States’ “Peace to Prosperity” plan is a set of serious and constructive proposals that deserves more than instant rejection, and…04 Feb 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersI totally agree with my hon. Friend. Local planning authorities should have the ability to enforce a requirement that people occupying sites without permission should not be…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersThank you, Sir George, for your wise chairmanship. I thank all right hon. and hon. Members who took part in this extremely informative and engaging debate, in which we heard quite…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersI welcome the Minister’s remarks. Before he finalises the guidance, will he be kind enough to visit Kettering Borough Council? We do not have green-belt protection; we just have…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersYes, I would like that to be the case. It seems to me that if someone is intentionally seeking to build an unauthorised development and is subject to a temporary or a permanent…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersYes, there are two additional sites for Gypsies and Travellers with up to 16 plots that are not occupied. The problem is that more Gypsy and Traveller families are arriving from…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersKettering Borough Council has identified suitable sites for Gypsies and Travellers, but it is being abused by them. In the village of Broughton in my constituency, a Traveller…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersMy right hon. Friend does not have to apologise for having a second bite at the cherry. He is welcome to intervene as often as he likes, because he is an expert on the issue. He…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersThere are two issues. We will probably disagree, but I struggle with the idea that local authorities should be obliged to provide such sites. I do not see why the public purse…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersI am grateful for that helpful intervention. I am so pleased that the hon. Gentleman has raised the issue of educational attainment in Gypsy and Traveller communities, because it…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. Like her, I do not regard the Government’s consultation as satisfactory. I do not regard it as ambitious enough, and she is right to…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. I will do so straight away: I put it to the Minister that this legislation needs to be brought forward as soon as possible, so…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersI do not think anyone has any objection to Gypsies and Travellers who legitimately want to travel, so long as when they park up, they do so lawfully, on land that they either own…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersMy hon. Friend makes a superb point in an excellent way, and I entirely concur. However, the settled community does not include only residents and businesses, but Travellers.…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPlanning System: Gypsies and TravellersI beg to move, That this House has considered Gypsies, Travellers and the planning system. It is a huge pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. I thank Mr Speaker…29 Jan 2020HANSARDAdult Social CareI declare my interest as a member of Kettering Borough Council. Taking advantage of imminent local government reorganisation in Northamptonshire, will the Minister continue to…28 Jan 2020HANSARDBenefits: Tribunal AwardsThese numbers are far too high, and I suspect that one of the reasons that they are so high is that requisite paperwork is not provided until it reaches the tribunal stage. What…27 Jan 2020HANSARDBenefits: Tribunal Awards19. How many and what proportion of applications for (a) disability living allowance, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) personal independence payment that were…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillI thank the Secretary of State both for his commitment to fund the new £46 million urgent care hub at Kettering General Hospital and for including the hospital on the list for…27 Jan 2020HANSARDGrowth StrategyThe debate will last until 11 o’clock, and I am obliged to call the Front-Bench speakers at no later than 10.27. The guideline limits are 10 minutes for the Scottish National…21 Jan 2020