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HANSARDFree Ports: Foreign BusinessesWe are developing an ambitious and attractive UK free port offer to create hubs that will attract inward investment, create jobs and boost trade. Typically, free ports only offer…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNHS Hospital ProjectsOn cancer treatments, I am delighted that survival rates are at the highest they have ever been. On diagnostic treatments, the recent announcement of £200 million to upgrade…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNHS Hospital ProjectsI welcome my right hon. Friend’s comments. She is absolutely right: the only way we get strong public services is with a strong economy, and the only way we get a strong economy…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNHS Hospital ProjectsThe legacy of the last Labour Government’s hospital building programme is that we are left with £10 billion in private finance initiative payments every year, rather than this…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNHS Hospital ProjectsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right about that. May I take this opportunity to congratulate all the hard-working staff in his trust for their efforts in campaigning for this.…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNHS Hospital ProjectsThe Government have just announced the largest hospital building programme in a generation, with £2.7 billion of investment in six new large hospitals. I am delighted that one of…01 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAnnouncements on welfare will of course be for the Budget, but it is important to note that this Government have done the most important job in lifting people out of poverty,…01 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government passionately believe in helping those at the bottom end of the pay scale, which is why the Chancellor announced yesterday an increase in the national living wage,…01 Oct 2019HANSARDFree Ports: Foreign BusinessesI would be happy to meet my hon. Friend. I believe that it is his birthday today, so I wish him a happy birthday. I am happy meet him and his colleagues from Poole to discuss free…01 Oct 2019HANSARDGuarantee of EU-funded ProgrammesToday the Treasury is confirming that £4.3 billion of funding will be allocated to Departments and the devolved Administrations for the financial year 2019-20 to deliver the HMG…30 Sept 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities’ Statutory Care DutiesI thank the hon. Lady for raising this important issue. It is absolutely right that those who are carrying out this vital activity in difficult circumstances get exactly what they…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Government Funding: Removal of Deprivation MeasuresI am happy to talk to the hon. Gentleman about his specific concern, but in general it is for local authorities themselves to decide how to implement the empty homes premium. They…22 Jul 2019HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Lists) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I always try to be pithy, Mr Speaker, as you instruct us to be, but this is an important matter, so we shall proceed…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Government Funding: Removal of Deprivation MeasuresThe Government have consulted on changes to the local authority funding formula and have heard from over 300 bodies. We are in the process of digesting those responses and will of…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Government Funding: Removal of Deprivation MeasuresAs I have already said, funding in aggregate for local authorities has gone up, but it is worth bearing in mind too that funding for the hon. Gentleman’s local authority is up…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities’ Statutory Care DutiesMr Speaker, I join you in wishing the hon. Lady a very happy birthday—what better way to spend it than at MHCLG questions. It is the responsibility of each individual local…22 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsFar from being complacent, the Government are working hard to ensure that local authorities receive the support that they need, as we heard from my hon. Friend the Member for…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities’ Statutory Care DutiesI would echo what the Secretary of State said. This talk of cuts is simply not right. The amount of money that local authorities have to spend in this financial year is up in real…22 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is for local authorities to decide how best to conduct children’s services in their areas, and it would not be right for me to stand at the Dispatch Box and tell them exactly…22 Jul 2019HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentI think we are talking about two different issues. One is the issue of who is responsible for delivering public health, and I am strongly in favour of local government’s…02 Jul 2019