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HANSARD Free School Meals and Child PovertyI, too welcome the Minister to her new position. Richard Titmuss famously said that services to the poor are poor services. As we look at that divide, we know that many parents do…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I appreciate the Minister highlighting that there could be extenuating circumstances in which the measures could be suspended, but he has not set out what mitigations will be put…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend for tabling the amendments. It is clear that the system is not working, because when going through the planning process many developers argue that…08 Sept 2022HANSARD Free School Meals and Child PovertyLet me bring the Minister back to the debate about free school meals, because that is really important and I want to make sure that we make the most of this time and opportunity.…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)I beg to move amendment 169, in schedule 11, page 294, leave out lines 15 to 28 and insert “(a) roads and other transport facilities, including routes for good quality active…08 Sept 2022HANSARD Free School Meals and Child PovertyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing the debate. In York in 2021, 25.3% of children were in poverty, and that number will have gone up substantially in the last 12 months.…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I have been listening carefully to the Minister. My concern about what he has been saying is that the process does not have sufficient teeth in the event that the EOR is not…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I am grateful for the work that my hon. Friend is doing on the environment, and to try to ensure that the climate is front and centre in the Bill. Commitments were made at COP26…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)I thank the Minister for his authoritative words in recognising the importance of green lungs in urban environments, because they are so important. Often in planning we lose the…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)It is good to see you in the Chair again, Mrs Murray. I welcome the Minister to his place. Amendments 168 and 59 have the same objective. Labour has set out clearly that we…08 Sept 2022HANSARD Free School Meals and Child PovertyMy hon. Friend is being generous with her time. I very much want York to adopt free school meals for all primary school children, and then to look at rolling that out to secondary…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)Energy should get particular mention in a redrafting of the Bill. Other countries are further advanced; we are behind. That is a specific point, and we should see that change.…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for giving way again. Just for clarity: if the authority were to bring forward a proposal for microgeneration of energy or an energy facility in…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)I beg to move amendment 168, in schedule 11, page 288, line 25, at end insert— “(4A) IL regulations must make provision for a sliding scale of charges increasing in proportion to…08 Sept 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesA quarter of all children in Northern Ireland are living in significant poverty—the same proportion as in my constituency in York—but that is about to get worse. It is an…07 Sept 2022HANSARDCost of Living Increases6. What steps the Government are taking to help tackle increases in the cost of living in Northern Ireland.07 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I beg to move amendment 167, in schedule 11, page 287, line 28, at end insert— “204FA Social enterprises and community interest companies (1) IL regulations must provide for an…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)It is becoming clear in the debate that there are charities and charities. Some charities are run by major businesses and make a profit. Say a private school was disposing of a…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)The Minister is making the case that section 106 should be amended so that more power is given to local authorities. Why is he not taking that step to ensure that developers do…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)How are local authorities making calculations about the loss of affordable housing? Clearly, if we just look at new developments, we could say, “There is this growth in affordable…06 Sept 2022