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HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyYou are confusing shouting with robustness.25 Mar 2024HANSARD Conduct of ElectionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I am grateful to the hon. Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) for instigating this debate. The topic set…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Conduct of ElectionsI might in a moment, but the hon. Lady covered a lot of ground and I want to give respect to her by covering the very serious and sensible points that she made. On voter ID, the…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Conduct of ElectionsThe hon. Lady makes a good and clear point. Clearly, when it came to the subsequent boundary review—at a time when, one would have to presume, those who had qualified would have…20 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment)…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point, although I am tempted to say it is probably a philosophical point rather than a policy point per se. I served—I think he might have…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My hon. Friend’s intervention is timely because it allows me to pay wholehearted tribute to the work he did on this issue when he was a Minister in the Department. He makes a…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024I am grateful for the contributions from the hon. Members for Oldham West and Royton and for Brighton, Kemptown. The speech from the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown sounded…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024I have huge sympathy for my hon. Friend. I think we will not be able to deal with these issues, and we will miss the most golden of opportunities, if, when we arrive at that…13 Mar 2024HANSARDLocal Authority Interventions: Sandwell, Liverpool, Thurrock and Tees ValleyAll hon. Members will recognise the critical role local authorities play in providing services to their residents and being accountable to the communities they serve. I would like…07 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her in-principle support for this measure and for her general approach to the issue. With regards to timing, this is the fourth of a quartet of…05 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024. It is a pleasure, Dame…05 Mar 2024HANSARDLocal Government Finance: PotholesAs I struggle with my Lenten observations, I need no lessons about spare tyres—it is all about trying to get rid of spare tyres, as far as I am concerned. I am grateful for my…04 Mar 2024HANSARDFlood Recovery FrameworkI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. I am pleased to report that the review of the flood recovery framework has already begun and I expect the work to be…04 Mar 2024HANSARDLocal Government Finance: PotholesI am intrigued by what the right hon. Lady proffers to the House. Only a few weeks ago, in the debate on the local government finance settlement—none of her colleagues apart from…04 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has worked on this campaign. We spoke about it last week and I understand entirely the merits of the argument he makes. So powerful is he as an advocate that I have…04 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady makes a case for lowering the voting age—one that I do not support and the Government do not support. The age of 18 is seen as the age of maturity in this country…04 Mar 2024HANSARDFlood Recovery FrameworkMy hon. Friend has raised an important issue. Between them, the local planning authority and the Environment Agency should always find the most appropriate sites for development…04 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes.04 Mar 2024HANSARDLocal Government Finance: PotholesWe have made available up to £64.7 billion for local authorities through the 2024-25 local government finance settlement. Local authorities can decide how to spend the majority of…04 Mar 2024