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1: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) Lord Walney highlights a 2023 Local Government Association survey finding that 70% of local councillors - Speech Link
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1: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) These small channels do an important job in local news production at a time when, as we all know, local - Speech Link
2: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) TV multiplex and local TV services. - Speech Link
3: None , and what a vital role they play in underpinning not just our creative economy but our culture and democracy - Speech Link
4: None thriving creative economy, of British stories for British people, and of a dynamic and informed British democracy - Speech Link
5: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) are committed to protecting media freedom and the invaluable role of a free press in our society and democracy - Speech Link
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1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) perhaps including access to dental services for forces families where there are problems registering with local - Speech Link
2: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) This is an existential battle for all civilised countries that believe in democracy and freedom, and - Speech Link
3: Virginia Crosbie (Con - Ynys Môn) give to engineers and those who work on the Hawk T2 maintenance contract that there will be well paid, local - Speech Link
4: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) We support the only democracy in that part of the world. - Speech Link
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1: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) I have said this before at the Dispatch Box, but it is clear that Putin sees democracy as the weakness - Speech Link
2: Dan Carden (Lab - Liverpool, Walton) The spread of democracy, human rights and the rule of law has been proven not to be inevitable. - Speech Link
3: Marie Rimmer (Lab - St Helens South and Whiston) They are fighting for our democracy, for our freedom, and indeed for Europe’s freedom. - Speech Link
4: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) People died on the beaches to preserve the democracy that we all hold very dear. - Speech Link
5: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) most urgent and complex challenge is to stabilise the front in the coming weeks and prevent what are local - Speech Link
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1: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) That is an important principle to which all local councils need to adhere.In Bath, my local council has - Speech Link
2: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) It is for her local authority to take the local community with it. - Speech Link
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1: Lord Whitby (Con - Life peer) He and I, who between us have considerable local government experience, share a passion for active local - Speech Link
2: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) It brings all local people together, including local businesses. It develops an action plan. - Speech Link
3: Lord Whitby (Con - Life peer) To me, it is the essence of a democracy. - Speech Link
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1: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) The local transport fund is a £4.7 billion fund that has been allocated to local authorities in the north - Speech Link
2: Andrew Bridgen (Ind - North West Leicestershire) What steps he is taking to support local bus services. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Bridgen (Ind - North West Leicestershire) As the House will know, the word democracy comes from the Greek “demos”, meaning the people, and “kratos - Speech Link
4: Rob Butler (Con - Aylesbury) Friend reassure local residents that it is under this Conservative Government and our excellent local - Speech Link
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1: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) repeatedly happens, and this systematic failure perpetrates such injustice, it is a very bad day for democracy - Speech Link
2: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) I put on the record the dignified and well-informed views of local WASPI co-ordinators in my part of - Speech Link
3: John McNally (SNP - Falkirk) Local co-ordinator Anne Campbell and I have had many discussions and meetings about this issue, along - Speech Link
4: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) There were arguments made by others about the importance of democracy and representation, and I may not - Speech Link
5: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) It was an honour to work alongside her and the local team as they were establishing their campaign group - Speech Link
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1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) record our thanks for everyone who works on the estate to enable us to do our jobs and keep British democracy - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) He will know that not only the Defending Democracy Taskforce but the House authorities, our security - Speech Link
3: Owen Thompson (SNP - Midlothian) The dangerous extremists on the SNP Benches believe that democracy is not a one-time event so, as we - Speech Link
4: Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con - Bridgwater and West Somerset) I have gone on and on about local government not standing up for local people, and I will continue to - Speech Link
5: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) have its own local policy about the density of those HMOs. - Speech Link
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1: Catherine McKinnell (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne North) I hope that, as part of the review, the Government will look at some of the fantastic resources local - Speech Link
2: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) this step is out for consultation, so we do expect that everybody who has a view—parents, teachers, local - Speech Link
3: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) For example, some people would argue against democracy, and we do not want to give them a platform; some - Speech Link