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HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fourth sitting)I appreciate that, but these are two things in different directions. A sitting mayor who becomes an MP would need to resign as mayor that day, given what the Minister has just…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fourth sitting)I will.14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fourth sitting)I want to participate in this debate, despite having not tabled any amendments. I am grateful to the Members who have done so. The issue of commissioners is interesting. It is…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fourth sitting)It is notable that recently the London Assembly has, on a number of occasions, made constructive changes to the mayor’s budget at stage one of budget setting, which have simply…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Third sitting)I want to express my sympathy with the amendments related to the Isle of Wight. It is not miles away from the area that I represent, Brighton Pavilion. I know many people there…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Third sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 2 ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 3 Single foundation strategic authorities14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Third sitting)The amendment relates to the fact that the new strategic authorities simply must be tasked with reducing inequality as well as creating growth. We know that growth for growth’s…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 261, in clause 2, page 2, line 21, after “economic development”, insert “, poverty and socio-economic inequality,” This amendment would make poverty and…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. This is not my first Public Bill Committee, but I have had the whole summer to forget how these things work, so I look…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fourth sitting)I rise to speak to new clause 48, tabled in my name. I also want to raise another issue for consideration by the Minister at a future stage. In clause 6, the new rules for mayoral…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Glasgow Safer Drug Consumption FacilityI thank the Select Committee Chair very much for the report’s conclusions, particularly the call on the Government to consider a secure legal footing for safer drug consumption…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDI am not sure, however many examples the Secretary of State gives of other countries, that she will convince the people of Britain that mandatory ID cards fit with our particular…13 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Second sitting)Q Others might. I want to move to duties. We see duties for health and health inequalities in the Bill already. Are there any other duties that you would like to see added,…16 Sept 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Second sitting)Q Minister, has today’s evidence shown a gap opening up, with the simultaneous creation of unitaries alongside these new mayoral bodies, in terms of real professional scrutiny,…16 Sept 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to press you slightly on the make-up of audit committees. Mr Davies said that it was not for him to say, but given the varied make-up of councils across the country, I do…16 Sept 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Second sitting)Q Could each of you lay out what you think are the benefits of the Bill from a planning perspective? Are there lessons from London? We just listened to John Denham talking about…16 Sept 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Second sitting)Q My question was about resourcing. Have you had assurance that you will get some resources for this? Miatta Fahnbulleh: Resourcing is a challenge across the piece. As we think…16 Sept 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Second sitting)Naomi, do you have anything to add? Naomi Luhde-Thompson: I could mention a little bit about public participation, but I do not know if you have a question on that later.16 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]I thank my fellow members and the Chairs of the Public Bill Committee for the work they did; I felt work on the Committee was very constructive from the different Opposition…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Early Education and ChildcareThe work I did this year with Mandu Reid, the former leader of the Women’s Equality party, found a continuing crisis among the providers of childcare. Our call was for broader…04 Sept 2025