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Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Warinder Juss (Lab - Wolverhampton West) Last Saturday, I was with the Wolverhampton, Bilston and District Trades Union Council handing out information - Speech Link
2: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con - Huntingdon) I thank Paul Sweeney and the business improvement district team in Huntingdon for their hard work in - Speech Link
3: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) We are giving councils powers to crush the vehicles of suspected fly-tippers and bringing in new prison - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Rural Mobile Connectivity - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) largest independent survey of mobile coverage in partnership with Streetwave, supported by over 30 councils - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) I wonder whether we could do more work with councils such as West Lindsey on the voucher scheme and Project - Speech Link
3: Leigh Ingham (Lab - Stafford) of a wide variety of signal providers.I want to place on the record my thanks again to the parish councils - Speech Link
4: Bradley Thomas (Con - Bromsgrove) Quite innovatively, local councils stuck gadgets on the bin lorries that went up and down every single - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Councils that return to the leader-and-cabinet model, such as Newark and Sherwood District Council and - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) the remaining councils will undergo reorganisation and the new councils will automatically adopt the - Speech Link
3: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) I grew up in a country which had urban district councils, rural district councils, county boroughs and - Speech Link
4: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) The county councils talk about capacity issues, forgetting that it is the district councils that run - Speech Link
5: None elections to new councils. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Local Government Finance - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Mark Garnier (Con - Wyre Forest) , the Government are requiring district councils to pay for food waste recycling. - Speech Link
2: Mark Garnier (Con - Wyre Forest) It is worth remembering that many Conservative district councils do well. My hon. - Speech Link
3: Terry Jermy (Lab - South West Norfolk) It is difficult to recruit planning officers for rural district councils, and that is a barrier to growth - Speech Link
4: John Milne (LD - Horsham) Many councils operating with business rate pools, as Horsham district council does, have found that funding - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Woodland Creation - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) It is the first time the overall average has exceeded £15,000.Councils whose purse strings are already - Speech Link
2: Josh Newbury (Lab - Cannock Chase) national planning policy framework makes it clear that planning decisions should require aftercare, councils - Speech Link
3: Roz Savage (LD - South Cotswolds) what I mean.In my South Cotswolds constituency, housing targets are placing intense pressure on a district - Speech Link
4: Mary Creagh (Lab - Coventry East) It really makes you think about how councils think about their constituents.Trees are part of our shared - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Supported Exempt Accommodation: Birmingham - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Ayoub Khan (Ind - Birmingham Perry Barr) It promised to grant local councils the powers and resources needed to enforce such standards, and greater - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham Edgbaston) are still saying that without new regulations to define minimum standards of support and empower councils - Speech Link
3: Lewis Cocking (Con - Broxbourne) Government Association echoed those concerns, calling for increased funding and new guidance to help councils - Speech Link
4: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) We want councils like Birmingham to make use of their existing powers. I think my hon. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: None (Scotland) Act 1994;(d) in Northern Ireland, a district council constituted under section 1 of the Local - Speech Link
2: Bradley Thomas (Con - Bromsgrove) Essential services are provided by councils on a day-to-day basis, but local councils are increasingly - Speech Link
3: David Chadwick (LD - Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe) We seek the Government’s recognition that councils, political parties, electoral infrastructure and core - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Prescription of Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Regulations 2026 - Tue 10 Feb 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) There are also systems within county areas, as they tend to be, so that all the councils can pool together - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Inner-London Local Authorities: Funding - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) It was one of the first councils to fund universal free school meals for primary-age children and it - Speech Link
2: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) Our councils desperately need help with the costs of temporary accommodation. - Speech Link
3: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) That does mean allowing councils to retain some of the receipts—I would say 50%, as London Councils is - Speech Link
4: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) I am anxious to work with London councils, including her councils, to get children and families out of - Speech Link


Written Statements
Written Statement: Correction - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) said:“Dartford Borough Council and Gravesham Borough Council submitted a proposal for four unitary councils - Speech Link