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HANSARD Teddington Police StationI congratulate the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) on securing this important and timely debate. I am in the unusual position of being able to say that I agreed with…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Teddington Police StationLet me mull on that exact point and come back to the hon. Lady. I am sure that she will certainly share more widely whatever I send her, and she is welcome to do so. We have…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Teddington Police StationI am very happy to add some of those points to the letter. In the time remaining, let me touch on a couple of the wider issues that the hon. Lady mentioned. We are keen to support…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Teddington Police StationI will write to the hon. Lady today on that exact point. Let me turn to the wider issues that the hon. Lady raised. She powerfully advocated the views expressed by many of her…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Rural Communities in Cumbria: Levelling UpI completely agree with that, and we have the same sense of urgency about this issue. My hon. Friend raised a point about the need for small grants in the kind of community he…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)I begin by paying tribute to the work of councils across the country. Over the last two years, they have been our foot soldiers in the fight against covid. They have innovated,…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)Again, the right hon. Gentleman anticipates my next point. I am happy to facilitate a meeting between officials in Knowsley and officials in central Government to talk about the…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)indicated assent.09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)I assure my hon. Friend that we will expedite that. Let me turn to the thoughtful comments made by the Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, the hon.…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)Absolutely, and the hon. Gentleman anticipates the point I was about to make. Of course, deepening devolution is one way of driving the integration agenda to save money and…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Merseyside: Funding of Local AuthoritiesI am up against the clock, as the hon. Lady knows. As we announced on Monday, the local government finance settlement for the next year makes an additional £3.7 billion available…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Merseyside: Funding of Local AuthoritiesI have made it clear that I will not give way.08 Feb 2022HANSARD Merseyside: Funding of Local AuthoritiesThank you, Mr Hollobone. That 7.7% increase is above the average cash increase across England of 7.4%. It is a cash increase of 7.7% for Sefton, 7.9% for the Wirral, 8.1% for…08 Feb 2022HANSARDGrit BinsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for High Peak (Robert Largan) for bringing such an important topic to the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDGrit BinsThat seems an entirely appropriate point for my hon. Friend to raise, and his local council will want to take it into account in its plan-making process, as would any council,…08 Feb 2022HANSARDGrit BinsI thank my hon. Friend for his comments. There are two potential solutions in the White Paper to the problem that my hon. Friend raised. The first is the devolution deal process…08 Feb 2022HANSARDGrit BinsMr Hollobone, you rightly point out that it would be wrong of me to stray too far from our key subject of grit bins. None the less, I am extremely enthusiastic to pick up on my…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Merseyside: Funding of Local AuthoritiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the hon. Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood) on securing this important debate. As she has…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Merseyside: Funding of Local AuthoritiesI am afraid that I do not have time to give way; I am so sorry.08 Feb 2022HANSARDPrivate Parking Code of PracticeI am informing the House that the Government are today publishing the Private Parking Code of Practice. This is a key milestone which takes forward the implementation of the…07 Feb 2022