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Commons Chamber
School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill
3rd reading - Fri 17 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) some children and some parents face specific challenges when it comes to school attendance, such as transport - Speech Link
2: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) Last year, under this Government, 21.2% of children were persistently absent from school. - Speech Link
3: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) Lady’s best efforts, the next Labour Government will do so. - Speech Link
4: Luke Hall (Con - Thornbury and Yate) We are also providing wide and comprehensive support for schools—whether through the local government - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 17 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Whitby (Con - Life peer) He and I, who between us have considerable local government experience, share a passion for active local - Speech Link
2: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) Jack was the cabinet member for regeneration, heritage and transport on Stoke-on-Trent Council before - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) Government Association and local authorities. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Football Governance Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) They must be run as co-operatives or for the benefit of the community. - Speech Link
2: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) However, there is no explicit mention of fans, supporters’ trusts or local community groups who might - Speech Link
3: Tracey Crouch (Con - Chatham and Aylesford) Lady’s point about supporters and the fan community, but given that the Bill establishes an independent - Speech Link
4: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) mean that fans are forced to make expensive cancellations or spend large sums on last-minute public transport - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Graham Stuart (Con - Beverley and Holderness) If he will fund exploratory rail studies on passenger numbers through the local transport fund. - Speech Link
2: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) The local transport fund is a £4.7 billion fund that has been allocated to local authorities in the north - Speech Link
3: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) He will be aware that we have allocated that money to the local transport fund. - Speech Link
4: Rob Butler (Con - Aylesbury) Friend reassure local residents that it is under this Conservative Government and our excellent local - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Mental Health and Long-term Conditions - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Peter Dowd (Lab - Bootle) Scope, Dementia UK, the Centre for Mental Health, the Royal College of Nursing, the King’s Fund, the Local - Speech Link
2: Khalid Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham, Perry Barr) Getting there, getting ready, coming off and being picked up or taking their own transport can take at - Speech Link
3: Maria Caulfield (Con - Lewes) They are local, with services provided to suit the needs of the local community, and £8 million has gone - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
People with Disabilities: Access to Services - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Lab - Life peer) public services, particularly local government services, that are the key determinants of population - Speech Link
2: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) transport, if you will. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Women’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman Report - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) I put on the record the dignified and well-informed views of local WASPI co-ordinators in my part of - Speech Link
2: John McNally (SNP - Falkirk) Local co-ordinator Anne Campbell and I have had many discussions and meetings about this issue, along - Speech Link
3: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) Member for Hexham (Guy Opperman), now a Transport Minister responsible for buses, suggested in a Westminster - Speech Link
4: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) I am very clear about justice for the 1950s-born women, the infected blood community and the postmasters - Speech Link
5: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) It was an honour to work alongside her and the local team as they were establishing their campaign group - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 16 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Tobias Ellwood (Con - Bournemouth East) default limit across the town would not just impact on the visitor experience, but slow down public transport - Speech Link
2: Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con - Bridgwater and West Somerset) I have gone on and on about local government not standing up for local people, and I will continue to - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) have its own local policy about the density of those HMOs. - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) for that dialogue to happen, and for heads to be cracked together in his local community to ensure that - Speech Link
5: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) legacy and failed local residents? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Community Sports: Impact on Young People - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Wood of Anfield (Lab - Life peer) Protecting local facilities and community sports requires a step change from the last 14 years in protecting - Speech Link
2: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) Local government has a lot of this responsibility, but it is skint at the moment. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) Therefore, I ask the Minister: given the pressures on and under-resourcing of local government when budgets - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Under-10-Metre Fishing Fleet: South-West - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) The fleet are also a key part of our local culture, shaping our local communities, not just through the - Speech Link
2: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) Having a vibrant fishing community is important to our coastal communities, and I appreciate the work - Speech Link
3: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) All of that comes against the backdrop of new codes issued by the Department for Transport, via the Maritime - Speech Link