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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) and Local Government Committee. - Speech Link
2: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) and Local Government Committee. - Speech Link
3: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) Members have said, in the local government finance settlement, more than two thirds of the additional - Speech Link
4: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) This is the first multi-year local government finance settlement in a decade, which, as Members have - Speech Link
5: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) have an important role as an equaliser for local government income, and we are directing funding towards - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Place-based Employment Support Programmes - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: John Milne (LD - Horsham) government finance settlement. - Speech Link
2: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham) government finance settlement. - Speech Link


Written Statements
Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-27 to 2028-29 - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) funding, through the first multi-year local government finance settlement in a decade. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Lansley (Con - Life peer) There have been positive outcomes in relation to public health, but, for local government, there have - Speech Link
2: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) However, that desire for change does not, in my view, equate to local government reorganisation, nor - Speech Link
3: Baroness Janke (LD - Life peer) are responsible, in essence, for ensuring that central government policy is delivered at a local level - Speech Link
4: None the interests of taxpayers is an important part of the local government finance system, and the Government - Speech Link
5: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) net-zero support for local government. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Kanishka Narayan (Lab - Vale of Glamorgan) for Government organisations. - Speech Link
2: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) Research conducted by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology under the last Government - Speech Link
3: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) Government IT and the cyber-security risk for Government services,” but it is not playing out that way - Speech Link
4: None What assessment has the Government made of the need for regulators to look further down supply chains - Speech Link
5: Lincoln Jopp (Con - Spelthorne) It books the transport, and the transport is paid for by the local education authority in which the pupil - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) government finance reports.Thursday 12 February—General debate on LGBT+ History Month, followed by debate - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) in Harrow has been a scourge for most local residents. - Speech Link
3: Andy MacNae (Lab - Rossendale and Darwen) no, and are simply asking for the Government to have their backs. - Speech Link
4: Melanie Onn (Lab - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes) Is there an opportunity for a debate on council responsibilities to local businesses? - Speech Link
5: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has issued guidance for local authorities on factors - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Postal Services: Rural Areas - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Steve Yemm (Lab - Mansfield) Government agencies such as the Department for Work and Pensions, banks, hospitals, the police, courts - Speech Link
2: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) Communities rely on them for access to cash and banking, Government services and parcel collection. - Speech Link
3: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) I urge the Government to prioritise major investment in broadband for underserved communities. - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) Those are sensible measures of access, and it is therefore deeply concerning that the Department for - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) We are the joint competent authority with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. - Speech Link
2: Dave Robertson (Lab - Lichfield) In the Netherlands, there was a scandal around hacking of keycards for public transport.  - Speech Link
3: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) For example, would patient transport or taxis come under scope as critical for the delivery of your services - Speech Link
4: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) Q Does that also exist for local government? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Labour Government for bringing this change forward? - Speech Link
2: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) We have heard from the Government how this will be paid for. It is not hypothecated. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Pakes (LAB - Peterborough) the affected children but for our local economies. - Speech Link
4: Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) This day has come because we have a Labour Government, and for that reason alone. - Speech Link
5: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) for free school meals, I was told that the Government do not have the figure. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Pension Schemes Bill
Committee stage - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) government support for this position was not in any way the result of pressure on the Government from - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) introduce a requirement for the Government to establish a framework for compensating savers in the event - Speech Link
3: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) In local government—a parallel world— the EHCP system mandates a personalised regime for children’s special - Speech Link
4: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) There is the Government Actuary’s Department, which I accept is not occupational; it is for public schemes - Speech Link
5: None First, how do the Government define significant scale for superfunds? - Speech Link