Community Life Debate

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Baroness Seccombe

Main Page: Baroness Seccombe (Conservative - Life peer)
Thursday 27th February 2014

(10 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Portrait Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
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Those are sentiments with which I totally agree. Perhaps I may give a very local example. I referred earlier to my time as a local councillor. I am delighted this week that, through an initiative which this Government have enabled, the community right to bid for community assets, Wimbledon Park Hall, which was shut by a local council, has just been revived. The local community, through local residents and the Wimbledon Park Residents Association, is working with the private sector to ensure that a community asset which was of and by the community will now function for the community.

Lord Shutt of Greetland Portrait Lord Shutt of Greetland (LD)
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My Lords, it appears to me—

Baroness Seccombe Portrait Baroness Seccombe
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My Lords, will my noble friend the Minister join me in praising those people from all round the country who have gone to help farmers and others during this time of flooding?

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Portrait Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
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My noble friend, as ever, raises a very important and valid point. I am sure that the sentiment that she expressed resonates with us all. It is a tribute to how, at a time of need in our great country, community spirit works well and is alive.