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HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)Allotments also offer an opportunity for intergenerational activity. I wonder whether the hon. Member for Broxbourne would like to spend some time at an allotment, because it does…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)There is a village in my constituency called Shapwick, which, for some reason I cannot quite understand, did not take the opportunity to do a neighbourhood plan a couple of years…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)We will not push new clause 41 to a Division, but my hon. Friend the Member for Bath may wish to table it again on Report. New Clause 42 Power of mayors to convene meetings with…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I will speak on behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Tom Gordon). I am sure that in doing so…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I did a little research on the national minority status introduced by the former Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury,…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.28 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)Unfortunately, the two Liberal Democrats who represent Cornwall—my hon. Friends the Members for North Cornwall and for St Ives (Andrew George)—are not on this Bill Committee, but…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)No, I am not going to withdraw the new clause. If the Minister reads it, she will see that I am not conflating the issues at all. I simply gave Cornwall as an example of where it…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I refer the Minister to the fact that I gave Cornwall as an example of a place where people may want to set up a regional governance body. The new clause was tabled by my hon.…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I would like to thank all the Committee staff, yourself, Dame Siobhain, and all of the other Chairs, and all the Members on the Committee. I also thank the staff in our offices,…28 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. On Saturday, I joined CAFOD and my constituents Karl, Harry and Jo on a deadlift challenge. We—and yes, Mr Speaker, that includes me—collectively lifted more than 100 tonnes,…28 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewCan the Secretary of State update the House with a bit more detail on the progress of airspace modernisation in relation to noise? Residents in my constituency who are on the…22 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to have you back in the Chair, Sir John. I welcome the introduction of MCIL. We have spoken before about how these authorities will be funded, and this is another…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Seventh sitting)Will the hon. Member comment on the fact that, according to the CIL Injustice Group, £1.65 million has been incorrectly charged. The Minister for Housing and Planning said: “It is…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Seventh sitting)The shadow Minister is exactly right; that is why so many people are so worried about the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. My inbox has been filled with people asking how they…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 60, in schedule 17, page 195, line 23, leave out from “that” to end of line 24 and insert “the majority of members of an MDC are elected members of…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 54, in schedule 19, page 200, line 17, at end insert— “(d) comply with any Land Use Framework issued by the Secretary of State, and (e) comply with any…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Seventh sitting)The amendments would ensure that the local growth plans schedule makes reference to, and considers in some reasonable depth, the needs of nature. I have gone back through the…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Seventh sitting)Local nature recovery strategies matter not only in rural areas. If someone lives in the most urban part of the country, the local nature strategy is critical to those tiny…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Seventh sitting)I recall a similar argument being made last week to my hon. Friend the Member for Stratford-on-Avon, and a reference to “nascent” organisations. My hon. Friend pointed out that by…21 Oct 2025