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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventh sitting)I will be brief, given the time. Personally, I have no problem with asymmetrical devolution. A contrived central devolution is perhaps why Lord Prescott’s proposals in the ’90s…30 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventh sitting)The reason it reminds me of that is that once those county councils went, there had to be a stitching together of some kind—so Tyne and Wear went for the Passenger Transport…30 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventh sitting)This is the third sitting of line-by-line scrutiny and the Minister is yet to accept an amendment, but I have noticed that his tone has been positive and he has engaged with…30 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventh sitting)This is important because the suspicion of many people is that this is a back-door way of circumventing district councils. We have been through reorganisations in much of the…30 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 1(4) states that “levelling-up missions must specify a target date for…delivery” but without an action plan, we are playing into the hands of people who think that we in…28 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Sixth sitting)I congratulate the hon. Member for South Shields on tabling these two really important amendments, which it is right for this Committee and the Government to consider. I want to…28 Jun 2022HANSARDSMEsI hope the Minister is aware that one problem facing small and medium-sized employers in Cumbria and elsewhere, certainly in rural Britain, is a serious lack of workforce. Cumbria…28 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Sixth sitting)There appears to be a bit of a pattern of the Government not having the confidence of their convictions in the Bill. We are not to have an independent review body, we are not…28 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I will not say very much, except to express my support for the amendments tabled by the hon. Member for Nottingham…28 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifth sitting)This is an important amendment because it allows the Government to be up front about the level of resource that they seek to deploy region by region. It is also important because…28 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (First sitting)Thank you.21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Thanks. James? Cllr Jamieson: I agree with Sam on the issue of second home owners—I think that is a helpful move. Airbnb is a slightly separate issue that needs to be thought…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q Hello to all three of you; it is really nice to see you. Thank you very much for your time. My question is on housing and planning, so it is probably for Sam, but with a little…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (First sitting)Q What might the Government do in the levelling-up Bill to help that situation? You talked in particular about the impact on rural communities—what might make it more affordable…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (First sitting)Q Are there any metrics at all on what impact that is having on regional growth? Mairi Spowage: It is difficult, because we have had a very strange couple of years, and the data…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q 43 First, it is great to see you all here. I am not sure who to put the first question to. The levelling-up Bill has provisions for communities that go through devolution…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q Looking close to home in my neck of the woods, we have just gone through a local government reorganisation and we have two unitary authorities. Cumbria’s six districts are being…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you to all the panellists; it is brilliant to see you here. My first question is to Dr Patel. Rural communities face inequality in accessing health services, given the…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q On using this Bill to provide rights to access, or giving local communities the powers of definition and delivery, so that GP practices are protected in rural communities or…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. I have a quick one for Rich and/or Sacha about planning. How much do you think the campaign to increase communities’ power over their destiny depends on the level of…21 Jun 2022