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HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Tenth sitting)I would not claim that a turnout of nearly 43% is a triumph, but the hon. Member has to admit that it is a good turnout compared with that of most local government elections.23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Tenth sitting)I am content with the Minister’s response, so I beg to ask to leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Tenth sitting)I appreciate the detail of the answer that the Minister is giving me, but I would like some further reassurance that poorly performing councils will face some sort of redress…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Tenth sitting)I quite agree. We have heard a lot about the benefits of this new model, and this change is a sign from the Government that they are not even going to trust their new unitaries to…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Tenth sitting)I will speak briefly on new clause 51. It is really encouraging that there is a cross-party effort to reinvigorate community ownership funding, which has lapsed. Although I am…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Tenth sitting)Having spoken about clause 57 as a whole, I will now speak to amendment 315 and the other amendments in the group, which support its goals. As the Government will not listen and…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 315, in schedule 25, page 251, line 1, leave out “Duty to move” and insert “Moving”. This amendment, alongside Amendments 316 to 325 makes the Bill’s…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 336, in schedule 25, page 253, line 25, at end insert— “Duty to introduce code of conduct, inductions and ongoing training (England) 4A (1) Every local…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Tenth sitting)I implore the hon. Member to listen to the rest of my speech and further points I shall make on other amendments. In Sheffield, at the same time, the council resolved unanimously…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Ms Vaz. I rise to speak against clause 57; I believe it is extreme control freakery and overreach from the Government and…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Ninth sitting)Having been a local councillor, I can see the other side of the Government’s argument. A local councillor based further away, representing a larger ward, will have to work very…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Ninth sitting)I do not disagree with the essence of that point, but the Government are seeking to impose reorganisation, which could abolish a whole tier of councillors overnight and cause a…23 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewBritain wants to thrive, but all I can hear is this Government once again prioritising the needs of the wealthiest, most frequent flyers above those of us on the ground. Can the…22 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I intend to speak at some length on the amendments—my apologies, Dame Siobhain, but this is a very important issue to me, as Members will hear from my speech. My amendments 257,…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 262, in clause 43, page 44, line 24, leave out “prosperity” and insert “poverty and socio-economic inequality”. This amendment is linked to Amendment 263…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I apologise, Dame Siobhain, for my temporary absence at the crucial moment. I would very much like the Committee to listen to my proposals for amendments 262 and 263. […21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the Minister for her comments. I cannot accept that a detail such as tobacco use was put in, and standards of housing as a result of Awaab’s law and the things have gone…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I will be as quick as I can—it is a very short speech. Although the health improvement and health inequalities duty is very good, the determinants of health outlined in clause 43…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 257, in clause 43, page 44, line 29, at end insert— “(e) access to green space and nature, (f) exposure to environmental harms, including air pollution,…21 Oct 2025