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HANSARDAmbulance PressuresOlder and more vulnerable patients can become medically compromised very quickly in extreme heat. In Yorkshire, category 1 calls can be waiting for 9.5 minutes over the expected…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDefence JobsBut the defence jobs that the Defence Secretary is cutting are those of our armed forces personnel. There are 40,000 less than when Labour left office, and right now we are…18 Jul 2022HANSARDExtreme Heat PreparednessAs the planet is heating up, our infrastructure is melting down. Trains today are on go-slow, and tomorrow they will not run at all. At what temperature is our vital…18 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend for what he is saying and I want to give an example to add some context to his comments. York is due a local transport plan and is behind on the…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I appreciate the debate that we have had on amendment 121. The parish system is incredibly good at engaging people because it is so local. The hon. Member for Westmorland and…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I think that we have to part ways on the issue of the planning process. I am not satisfied that it gives residents their rightful voice. I will not press the Committee to a…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I have gone into detail on why the Government should consider deliberative democracy. I will not repeat myself, but there is a real opportunity to enable deadlocks to be broken…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 140, in schedule 7, page 252, line 24, at end insert— “(c) consult with relevant stakeholders, including residents, via a deliberative process.” This…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I am grateful for the comments from my hon. Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich. We have heard from both sides about the positives of more engagement with local planning,…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 139, in schedule 7, page 250, line 15, at end insert— “(8) For a period of 6 months following a local election, a local planning authority may review a…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 127, in schedule 7, page 241, line 14, at end insert— “(1A) To have effect a supplementary plan must be agreed within 5 years of the commencement of…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich for his comments, and for his pertinent questions to the Minister. This issue is central not just to planning, but to…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 126, in schedule 7, page 239, line 14, at end insert— “(ha) Environmental Outcomes Reports,”. This amendment would require local planning authority to have…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)We are not here to talk about politics—well, maybe we are. Before the last election it was a Conservative-led administration with the Lib Dems’ support. The Minister is right that…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)If the Minister could have a word with his party’s councillors in York, that might help to move things forward.14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his amendment and the speech he has just made. This is the pivotal part of the whole Bill. It is about ensuring that there is a full and proper…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I am grateful for the debate we have just had. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich for his comments, which highlighted the importance that Labour places…14 Jul 2022HANSARD British Special Forces in Afghanistan: New AllegationsSo many members of our armed forces sacrificed so much in Helmand, yet our armed forces and all of us have to have confidence in our processes. What discussions have the Minister…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I will respond more fully shortly, but I just wonder whether the Minister could set out the timescale for the guidance.14 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeIntegrity matters. Integrity and ethics speak of character, character speaks of motivation, and motivation speaks of purpose. We are either on the side of our people in investing…14 Jul 2022