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Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Wed 17 Jul 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Karen Bradley (Con - Staffordshire Moorlands) We are part of the Peak District national park. - Speech Link
2: Paula Barker (Lab - Liverpool Wavertree) Section 21 evictions must be ended: they pile greater pressure on local councils, and I know through - Speech Link
3: Clive Betts (Lab - Sheffield South East) I welcome his recognition of the current challenges of financing local councils. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Report stage - Fri 24 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None in Part 6) with the specific authorities which are to be “enforcement authorities”, and add county councils - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
E-scooters: Deaths and Serious Injuries - Wed 22 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) While I was lead member for environment and climate change at South Somerset District Council, we introduced - Speech Link
2: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) From disability campaigners, local councils, digital mobility platforms, and scooter rental firms themselves - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 21 May 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Tommy Sheppard (SNP - Edinburgh East) What assessment she has made of the adequacy of financial support for district heating network consumers - Speech Link
2: Tommy Sheppard (SNP - Edinburgh East) constituents in the Greendykes area of Edinburgh who get their heating and hot water from a communal district - Speech Link
3: Richard Fuller (Con - North East Bedfordshire) District heating networks are a good innovation and the Government have a good record of stimulating - Speech Link
4: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) What are the Government doing to ensure that all councils immediately enact that policy, because it is - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 17 May 2024
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Whitby (Con - Life peer) It means that the lessons from the Government’s high streets task force, which has helped numerous councils - Speech Link
2: Lord Mair (XB - Life peer) By requiring councils to designate a priority area and propose high street improvement plans, the Bill - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) The Government have ruled out giving councils control over this within these zones, but is it possible - Speech Link
4: Earl of Shrewsbury (Con - Excepted Hereditary) In Ashbourne, for instance, which is the gateway to the Peak District, the town lacks a bypass. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Our public sector hub, planned with colleagues from both councils, the NHS, the police and others, will - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Tobias Ellwood (Con - Bournemouth East) Please may we have a debate on councils imposing unwanted speed limits? - Speech Link
2: Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con - Bridgwater and West Somerset) Mid Devon District Council, which is not the ultimate authority for this, has been absolutely useless - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Biodiversity Loss - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Alistair Strathern (Lab - Mid Bedfordshire) fantastic local conservation groups and charities, and some brilliant work is being done by local parish councils - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) gardens exemplify the benefit of community farming for wellbeing and biodiversity.Liberal Democrat councils - Speech Link
3: Olivia Blake (Lab - Sheffield, Hallam) My constituency opens out into the Peak district and several peatland habitats. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) four sites only the other day—I pay tribute to local councillor Suzanne Pender and the local parish councils - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Tue 14 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) Likewise, the 2014 Act introduced a duty on councils to share information about fixed penalty notices - Speech Link
2: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) relevant enforcement authority—local weights and measures authorities in England, Wales and Scotland, and district - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Integration of Primary and Community Care (Committee Report) - Thu 09 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) That might be access to a GP, a pharmacist, a district nurse or a mental health nurse, along with greater - Speech Link
2: Baroness Redfern (Con - Life peer) I know he is committed to all councils playing their part in improving the health of their residents, - Speech Link
3: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) There used to be physios, district nurses, health visitors and others all collocated at a surgery, but - Speech Link
4: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) they need, when, where and how they need it, whether that be through access to a GP, a pharmacist or a district - Speech Link
5: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) local systems.On the integration, we are giving these bodies the ability to bring together the NHS, the councils - Speech Link