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Westminster Hall
Hedgerows: Legal Protection - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) I want to give a big thank you to Braunton parish council and the local volunteers at the Bumblebee Conservation - Speech Link
2: 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


Commons Chamber
Morecambe Town Council - Thu 18 Jan 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: David Morris (Con - Morecambe and Lunesdale) residents of the United Kingdom,Declares that the petitioners do not agree with the increase in the parish - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Morecambe Town Council Precepts - Wed 17 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: David Morris (Con - Morecambe and Lunesdale) I have also called for an investigation into parish councils by the external auditor, PKF Littlejohn. - Speech Link
2: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) I have been considering the situation with representative bodies of the town and parish councils. - Speech Link
3: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) Town and parish councils must comply with the requirements of transparency legislation, just like the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 11 Jan 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) Many parish churches provide shelters and support for rough sleepers. - Speech Link
2: Kevin Foster (Con - Torbay) Church buildings and congregations can work well with local councils to reduce rough sleeping by providing - Speech Link
3: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) Sadly, vandalism and theft are persistent issues for parish churches, and I was sorry to learn about - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Coastal Erosion: Suffolk and Norfolk - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) roads, infrastructure and farmland all at risk.In recognition of that challenge, the three district councils—East - Speech Link
2: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) Friend the Member for North Norfolk rightly referred to a letter that I wrote to Councillor Terry Parish - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
2nd reading - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) I was recently with the National Association of Local Councils, of which I declare that I am a vice-president - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Transport Infrastructure: Cullompton - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) very friendly part of Devon into an environmentally friendly one.In closing, I give credit to Neil Parish - Speech Link
2: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) not be forgotten in any way.As a Transport Minister, it is not for me to comment on the quality of councils - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Christmas, Christianity and Communities - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady), and we had the privilege of listening to the parish priest - Speech Link
2: Martin Vickers (Con - Cleethorpes) It is the Women’s Institute, the parochial church councils and parish councils. - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) Cuthbert’s church; the parish church of St James the Great; St Matthew and St Luke; St Andrew’s church - Speech Link
4: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) After one mass, our parish priest said that if we recognised that people had not been to church, and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Highways Maintenance and Integrated Transport Funding - Mon 18 Dec 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Jonathan Gullis (Con - Stoke-on-Trent North) More than £8.3 billion has been set aside for councils to bring roads and pavements up to scratch. - Speech Link
2: Jonathan Gullis (Con - Stoke-on-Trent North) campaigning to resurface Gloucester Road and Newchapel Road in Kidsgrove, a key arterial road linking the parish - Speech Link
3: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) We are also making it quicker and easier for local councils to establish lane rental schemes, and we - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Kettering Bingo Hall: Community Ownership Fund - Wed 13 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Philip Hollobone (Con - Kettering) NNC is one of 75 councils that have been given funding to put family hubs into practice. - Speech Link
2: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) We have announced changes in round 3, including allowing applications from parish councils, an extension - Speech Link