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HANSARDForeign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsThere are clear recommendations about non-party campaigns and candidates, and we will be making our response to those recommendations in due course. The only recommendations I am…25 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsNo; to reassure the hon. Gentleman, the provisions I have announced today apply to the entire United Kingdom, with immediate effect.25 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsI am not so sure there is much precedent for that level of retrospectivity.25 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question and for his deep interest in this entire matter. Our intention is to ensure that the safeguards we put in place are robust enough to…25 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsWe will lay the details before the House so that Members on both sides have access to the relevant information. It was important that the provisions in these two circumstances…25 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. There are recommendations in the review about precisely that, and we will come forward with our detailed response. I have accepted the…25 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsThis Government are committed to strengthening our democracy and upholding the integrity of elections, as set out in our 2024 manifesto. We have already made progress on this,…25 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsThe recommendations are very clear in their scope. I hope my hon. Friend will allow the Government to take the necessary time to respond to those recommendations in detail—there…25 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsI am aware of that important concern. I am happy to make sure that he gets an appropriate meeting to discuss it.25 Mar 2026HANSARD Points of Orderindicated assent.25 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsPhilip Rycroft makes some really important points on that, which of course other Members across the House have made previously. As I said earlier, we will respond in detail to all…25 Mar 2026HANSARDLocal Government: Best ValueI have previously updated the House on this Government doing what it takes to fix the foundations of local government. That includes taking prompt and direct action when councils…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I start by paying tribute to the bereaved family members of those who died at Grenfell Tower, as well as the survivors and…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) BillI could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. He describes it absolutely correctly. That is why it will be the local community, survivors, the bereaved and the next of kin who…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Part of the legacy of Grenfell must be that people are kept safe in their own homes. I would be happy to ensure that she has an appropriate…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) BillI agree with the point that my hon. Friend makes. This legislation has to be about the long term; that has to be the best way we can pay tribute to those who died and their…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) BillI strongly agree with my hon. Friend, and of course the police investigation continues. The families have had a long wait for justice, but justice must and will come. This…16 Mar 2026HANSARDHousing, Communities and Local GovernmentThe hon. Member is right to call for action, and I agree with her point. We will now engage in a review of how best to disseminate the definition, and put it into action so that…11 Mar 2026HANSARDHousing, Communities and Local GovernmentThe hon. Member is right to call for action, and I agree with her point. We will now engage in a review of how best to disseminate the definition, and put it into action so that…11 Mar 2026HANSARDHousing, Communities and Local GovernmentPeople deserve to feel proud of their neighbourhoods. Pride in Place is central to our plan to make that happen. We have now committed £5.8 billion to almost 300 areas and begun…11 Mar 2026