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Lords Chamber
Local Government Finances - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Eaton (Con - Life peer) We saw this during the coronavirus pandemic, when local authorities rose to the challenge of distributing - Speech Link
2: Baroness Scott of Needham Market (LD - Life peer) Unlike principal councils, local councils do not receive revenue support grant or a share of business - Speech Link
3: Baroness Pinnock (LD - Life peer) Local councils matter. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Some district councils are now spending 30% to 40% of their total budget on emergency accommodation.In - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Report stage - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) disastrous Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus - Speech Link
2: George Eustice (Con - Camborne and Redruth) has transpired to be a complete nightmare.I will say a word about planning and pay tribute to Penwith District - Speech Link
3: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough) He says:“Councils should be adopting new estates”.He says that he has done“about 50 days’ work…over the - Speech Link
4: None Bedfordshire to prevent management companies from taking on services that are normally provided by local councils - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Report stage: Part 1 - Thu 13 Jul 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Shipley (LDEM - Life peer) It refers, of course, to district councils. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (LAB - Life peer) outdated idea of district councils and is entirely wrong. - Speech Link
3: None Secondly, our arrangements provide for CCAs to be able to liaise with district councils on important - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) District councils have a community safety plan, a committee and a chair, with constant interaction between - Speech Link
5: None It is based on regulation 5 of the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Leasehold Reform - Tue 23 May 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lisa Nandy (LAB - Wigan) That led to dozens of councils reducing or halting altogether their house building plans, and a collapse - Speech Link
2: Peter Bottomley (CON - Worthing West) 632, the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus - Speech Link
3: Helen Hayes (LAB - Dulwich and West Norwood) Because gas for district heating systems is often purchased in bulk in advance, those leaseholders are - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage - Mon 22 May 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Too often, councils just will not listen to the complaints or look at the evidence. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Thornhill (LDEM - Life peer) to further stretch resources, particularly in district councils. - Speech Link
3: None I take that as a green light to assist councils to move these hazards off the pavement. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) Again, the British Business Bank has noted:“After the end of the coronavirus loans facility in March - Speech Link
5: Baroness Sheehan (LDEM - Life peer) There have also been various central plant district heating demonstrator projects. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Mon 24 Apr 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None The phenomenon of residential complaints about music and other noise resources, exasperated by the coronavirus - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (LAB - Life peer) However, the Government should go further by allowing councils to set planning fees locally.” - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornhill (LDEM - Life peer) Helpless cries of, “Well, it’s outside the four-year period” cut no ice.The harsh reality, particularly in district - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 15 Mar 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (LAB - Life peer) county authorities, whereby non-unitary district councils are not to be classified as constituent councils - Speech Link
2: Lord Stunell (LDEM - Life peer) Those are in the custodianship of district councils, albeit that they may well work alongside other district - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (LAB - Life peer) The figures are 62% for the district councils, 32% for county councils and 6%—yes, just 6%—for national - Speech Link
4: Earl Howe (CON - Excepted Hereditary) As key local stakeholders, district councils would be consulted. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
Committee stage: Committee of the whole House - Mon 30 Jan 2023
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) During the passage of the Coronavirus Act 2020 it was perfectly reasonable to have Henry VIII powers. - Speech Link
2: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) every single election since then—17 UK general elections, six Scottish general elections, elections for district - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Arts and Creative Industries Strategy - Thu 08 Dec 2022
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Foster of Bath (LDEM - Life peer) The LGA has just published its Cornerstones of Culture report, pointing out that councils are the biggest - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bull (CB - Life peer) This report highlights the £1.1 billion that local councils invest directly in cultural services every - Speech Link
3: Lord Bassam of Brighton (LAB - Life peer) Gaping holes in the then Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus support schemes left creative freelancers - Speech Link
4: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (CON - Life peer) Mansfield District Council will receive £1.7 million over three years to manage Mansfield Museum and - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill - Mon 05 Dec 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: George Eustice (CON - Camborne and Redruth) visiting Ramsgate and having to deal with that case, which was even worse than he describes, as Thanet District - Speech Link
2: James Daly (CON - Bury North) , but if a cat is found deceased in a local authority area, the general action of a council—not all councils - Speech Link
3: Mark Spencer (CON - Sherwood) There was no mention of coronavirus in the Conservative party manifesto of 2019, because we did not know - Speech Link