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HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 21, in clause 44, page 46, line 2, at beginning insert— “The Secretary of State may by regulations require that”. This amendment would ensure the powers…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)Amendments 21 to 23 relate to the integration of police and crime commissioners into the strategic mayoral system. They are quite straightforward, requiring the Secretary of State…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)Will the hon. Member give way?21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)There is a fairly well established position in which those people who wish to see something abolished have to work within the current system. I believe that our dearly beloved…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 24, in clause 46, page 53, line 15, at end insert— “(7) Regulations made under this section are subject to the affirmative procedure.” This amendment would…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I should probably declare a personal interest—my father spent his life as a London firefighter throughout his career; I was a member of the local fire authority, and I have spent…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I would have loved to do that, but I feel that this transfer needs to be a deliberate and active thing. I spoke to my chief fire officer, who seemed completely oblivious to what…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 9, in clause 49, page 54, line 30, leave out subsection (3) and insert— “(3) Where a notification under subsection (1) is given, the Secretary of State…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)Amendments 3 and 9 would require that, when a mayor or a mayoral strategic authority wishes to obtain more powers, those powers are subject to parliamentary scrutiny. It is fairly…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I am content that the scope of the amendment may have been broader than intended in terms of some of the minor things that a local authority may wish to do, but I ask the Minister…21 Oct 2025HANSARDChildcare: AffordabilityMy constituent Seb told me how pleased he was when the Government extended the role of free childcare, but his nursery changed the rules so that the free hours can be taken only…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyMedia reports, but not the statement, talked about the resit regime for English and maths, and I hope that the young people who fail to achieve the grades but who thrive with…20 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)This is very much about clarification. We know that a decision will be made, apparently very soon. I believe “very soon” was used in a Westminster Hall debate only a couple of…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)I wish to clarify the purpose of raising the issue of strategic spatial energy plans. There is a real risk that people confuse local area energy plans with net zero and climate…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)I rise to speak to new clause 11 on funding for transport authorities. There is a lot of merit in harmonising and simplifying the way that transport authorities work. Having…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)In general I am supportive of the schedule, but I want to raise a slight concern. Proposed new section 2A of the Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997 makes quite a few references to…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)I am so glad that the hon. Gentleman mentioned Guide Dogs. I have Guide Dogs written down on my notes, as well as the RNIB, the Royal National Institute of Blind People, of which…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)Before I speak to amendments 246 and 348, I just want to reflect on the Minister’s comment about the ability of local authorities to enforce things such as yellow boxes, and the…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)I have nothing to add, apart from the fact that this is a good addition; but the hon. Member for Hamble Valley mentioned pedicabs, and I cannot let that go by without asking the…16 Oct 2025