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HANSARDSpatial Disparities: Annual ReportingI am very happy to do so.27 Jun 2022HANSARDSpatial Disparities: Annual ReportingThe hon. Lady will find that the levelling-up White Paper and the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill do the very things she is asking. On marking our own homework, she…27 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Local Authority and Combined Authority Elections (Nomination of Candidates) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Local Authority and Combined Authority Elections (Nomination of Candidates) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022. It…27 Jun 2022HANSARDLocal Government UpdateAll hon. Members will recognise the critical role local councils play in providing essential statutory services to their residents and being accountable to the communities they…23 Jun 2022HANSARD Equality of Opportunity: South-East WakefieldIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hemsworth (Jon Trickett) on securing this debate and thank him for raising this…21 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Local Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2022I am grateful to the Opposition Front-Bench spokesman and Opposition Members for supporting the regulations. We have been united across the House in our support of Ukraine through…20 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Local Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Local Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2022. The order was laid before the House…20 Jun 2022HANSARDRegional InequalityI am proud of this Government’s achievements. The hon. Gentleman has been very selective in picking data that requires a different baseline of years. I am afraid to say that he is…08 Jun 2022HANSARDRegional InequalityYes, it is disappointing to see those figures. They do in fact take into account the cost of living. When the data programme is finished, we expect that proposals will be put…08 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is referring to the reform of succession to the hereditary peerage, to which I am sympathetic, but which raises a variety of complex issues. Various approaches have…08 Jun 2022HANSARDRegional InequalityMy hon. Friend is right to raise that issue. We do understand how difficult the trend away from cash and towards cards and digital payments can be. I have seen that in my own…08 Jun 2022HANSARDRegional InequalityMy officials are delivering the equality data programme, which is examining how access to opportunity is affected by a range of factors, including geography and socioeconomic…08 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn March, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced that Blackpool would be a transformational regeneration place, which means that the Government…08 Jun 2022HANSARDRegional InequalityIlfracombe has been awarded more than £3 million to deliver a marine leisure centre at Larkstone cove, which will provide community facilities for local clubs and groups. More…08 Jun 2022HANSARDRegional InequalityThe Government’s central mission is to level up the UK by spreading opportunity more equally across the country. In February we published our levelling up White Paper, which…08 Jun 2022HANSARDLocal Authority BudgetsI remind the hon. Gentleman that the reason we have had such difficulties in local government spending is the terrible state of public finances that this Government found when…16 May 2022HANSARDAccess to Employment: Rural AreasThe hon. Lady needs to work with her local transport authority—that would be Shropshire Council—to look into resolving those issues. The pandemic had a huge impact on the delivery…16 May 2022HANSARDLong-term Funding SettlementsI am sorry that the hon. Gentleman’s area has not been successful in bidding for funds, but I remind him that it has received £12.6 million from the shared prosperity fund. The…16 May 2022HANSARDLong-term Funding SettlementsCompetitive funding has its place, and we think that it has been an effective tool for protecting value for taxpayers’ money. The hon. Gentleman knows that, as I said in answer to…16 May 2022HANSARDLong-term Funding SettlementsI completely reject the hon. Member’s assertion. It is not true that the shared prosperity fund is less; it is more. The Opposition are looking at different sources of funding to…16 May 2022