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HANSARDEast Sussex County Council: ElectionsThe Secretary of State really needs to do better than that. With local government reform not being in the Labour party manifesto and with the Prime Minister last week refusing to…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank my hon. Friend for giving way once again. My hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight East (Joe Robertson) will be pleased to note that we raised that matter in Committee,…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillVery briefly.24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillWill the Minister give way?24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI echo the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin). In Committee, the Minister outlined that she wants this process to be a happy…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThe official Opposition have tabled other amendments, and I could speak about them all evening, Madam Deputy Speaker, but to reassure you, the officials in the Box and Members…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillDare I say it, but I think the hon. Gentleman is probably being slightly naughty. We are trying to put into the legislation that we want to counter what this Government have been…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy right hon. Friend absolutely knows her constituency. We have tried to ensure, both today and in Committee, that local authority leaders can choose who they work with. They…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThe answer is clearly no, because otherwise it would not have had as many holes as it had in Committee, and it would not have as many holes as it has today. If it were a Bill from…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank my hon. Friend for giving way once more; I hope he forgives me. Has the council leader he mentioned given that feedback to Government on the fact that they do not want…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThe hon. Lady made a number of excellent contributions in Committee. She will know that my party supported some of her amendments, and she has our support for what she has been…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment Billrose—24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy hon. Friend made a number of excellent contributions in Bill Committee. Is he concerned, as I am, that the Minister consistently said that there would be consultation and that…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy hon. Friend is giving a characteristically excellent speech. Does he find strange, as I do, the disjointed attitude that the Government have on referendums? The Government are…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI am slightly disappointed with the tone the hon. Lady is taking. If we are talking about devolution in a devolution debate, she should respect the right of an hon. Member elected…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMay I politely say to the hon. Gentleman that if he carries on congratulating Whips like that, he will go far?24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMay I begin by welcoming the Minister to her place? We spent a long time together on the Bill Committee, working cross-party, along with many other Members on both sides of the…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillVery briefly, but I must then make some progress.24 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsThe hon. Lady is right to recognise the advances made as a result of our having named neighbourhood officers. Will she therefore congratulate the Conservative police and crime…04 Nov 2025HANSARDDrone ProcurementI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The Minister may be aware of Domo Tactical Communications, a drone manufacturer in my constituency…03 Nov 2025