Mentions:
1: Richard Fuller (Con - North East Bedfordshire) In the evidence session, I heard colleagues talk about some of the risks involved in leaving councils - Speech Link
2: Eddie Hughes (Con - Walsall North) The point is well made: if a set standard is identified that will be accepted universally by councils - Speech Link
3: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) the appropriate tribunal is not an enforcement body; it is not a weights and measures authority or a district - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) Can the Minister give us any update about whether district councils are now satisfied with the roles - Speech Link
2: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) I concur with many of the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, in relation to district councils - Speech Link
3: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) That links to something brought up by the noble Lord, Lord Khan: do we talk to the district councils? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) However, due to damping, only 25% of the new benefit has been received by rural councils. - Speech Link
2: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) In 2022-24, just five of the 467 councils delivered their audits on time. - Speech Link
3: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) We are raising the funding floor from 3% to 4%—an ask of the district councils. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South) educational needs or disabilities should receive the high-quality support they deserve, but schools and councils - Speech Link
2: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) of the affordability of housing and the cost of living crisis, and a new report out today by London Councils - Speech Link
3: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) is oversubscribed and last year more than 50 children—almost all from one school—were taken out of district - Speech Link
4: Andrew Gwynne (Lab - Denton and Reddish) What measures will he take where councils underperform, and thus let children down? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) life is quite important.To sum all of this up, the Government have to work very carefully with the district - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) management, agroforestry and uptake of low carbon fertilisers.We have just found out that our Lib Dem-run district - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (Con - Copeland) recognising the benefits of stone walls, because in areas such as mine in Copeland, across the Lake District - Speech Link
3: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) If the Government were to give to local councils, and not just national parks, the power to be far more - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) This includes £500 million of new funding for councils with responsibility for adult and children’s social - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) Friend the Member for Basingstoke that Basingstoke and Deane district council has seen a high level of - Speech Link
2: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) Friend raises is not a new one, that should not retard the ability of people, organisations, councils - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) Lady makes a valid point, but I cannot comment on her particular district councillor.The mass exodus - Speech Link
2: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) pro-democracy camp is completely excluded from contesting any elections and both the legislature and the district - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: James Sunderland (Con - Bracknell) The household support fund has given a lifeline to councils across the UK, including Bracknell Forest - Speech Link
2: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) The reality is that more and more councils are being pushed to the financial brink. - Speech Link
3: Peter Dowd (Lab - Bootle) such as South Cambridgeshire District Council to trial a four-day week and other money-saving initiatives - Speech Link
4: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) the national planning policy framework giving additional protection through neighbourhood plans, but district - Speech Link