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General Committees
Draft Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Wed 13 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) simply applied without modification, there would be no duty on a combined county authority to enable a district - Speech Link
2: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) I served—I think he might have served as well—for 14 years as an elected district or county councillor - Speech Link
3: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) We also put forward a Greater Brighton devolution plan that would have combined district authorities - Speech Link
4: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) A lot of our councils are now multimillion-pound businesses. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Health and Wellbeing Services: Essex - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) In particular, those pressures have had an impact on spending at the county, district and city council - Speech Link
2: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) We have to keep these services in our district. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: James Daly (Con - Bury North) It has been supported by all Labour councils in Greater Manchester and Bury. Will my right hon. - Speech Link
2: Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con - Bridgwater and West Somerset) May we have a debate in Government time—it would be nice—to talk about Mid Devon District Council? - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Different councils will be doing different things. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Holly Lynch (Lab - Halifax) Why have the Government allowed the system to become so broken, to the detriment of both local councils - Speech Link
2: Jackie Doyle-Price (Con - Thurrock) When it comes to local councils, we have the same situation on speed. - Speech Link
3: Jackie Doyle-Price (Con - Thurrock) Given the cuts, it is incumbent on councils to make sensible decisions. - Speech Link
4: Damian Collins (Con - Folkestone and Hythe) , Housing and Communities and Homes England to continue their discussions with Folkestone and Hythe District - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Local Regeneration: Industrial Areas - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) This is a particular issue in Byker, where the cost of heating with a district heating system is considerably - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Norwich (Bshp - Bishops) While welcome, these short-term, short-notice extensions provide little time for local councils to plan - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) from concept, through planning and a land deal, and on to site in eight months, so do not tell me that councils - Speech Link
4: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) The most recent local government finance settlement for 2024-25 makes some £64.7 billion available to councils - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
A379 Slapton Line - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Anthony Mangnall (Con - Totnes) Council, Strete, Slapton and Stokenham parish councils, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) Is it any wonder that a growing number of English councils, whether run by the Tories, Labour or the - Speech Link
2: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) where those councils think that people should pay more. - Speech Link
3: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) I hope that the proposed district heating scheme, which the Government want to be one of their flagship - Speech Link
4: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North) That is £13.3 million a year shared between two councils. - Speech Link
5: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) The Local Government Association says that one in five councils are facing bankruptcy. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Waste Enforcement (Fixed Penalty Receipts) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023 - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) Street cleansing, including clearing up litter and fly-tipping, cost councils in England £822 million - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) CCTV is now being used in some areas of the Lake District National Park, because people are dumping rubbish - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) have introduced new assessments by the Care Quality Commission, which will shine a light on how well councils - Speech Link
2: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) What steps she plans to take to improve the recruitment and retention of community and district nurses - Speech Link
3: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) There has been a crisis brewing in community-facing nursing over the past decade, with the number of district - Speech Link
4: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) training through the NHS long term workforce plan, which commits to increasing training places for district - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
South West Water - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Simon Jupp (Con - East Devon) strongly urge South West Water to draw up plans for a new plant, with urgency.Councillors on East Devon District - Speech Link
2: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) Unfortunately, it informed only one of the two councils that needed to be notified. - Speech Link