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Written Question
Parking: Codes of Practice
Thursday 19th January 2023

Asked by: Clive Betts (Labour - Sheffield South East)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to reintroduce the Private Parking Code of Practice; and on what date he plans to reissue that Code.

Answered by Dehenna Davison

I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 54476 on 12 October 2022. I am happy to write to the Hon Member’s Committee to keep them updated.

Written Question
Local Government
Wednesday 18th January 2023

Asked by: Clive Betts (Labour - Sheffield South East)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress he has made on establishing the Office for Local Government.

Answered by Lee Rowley

We will share more details about our plans to set up the Office for Local Government, including the appointment of a Chair, in due course. Engagement and co-design with the local government sector and government departments is a priority.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"One of the disappointments with this Bill is that, although it extends the principle of combined authorities to county areas, it does not actually transfer any new powers to local government as a whole that are not currently available in some authorities. Could the Minister point out one place in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"Often, when compulsory purchase powers are used by local authorities, the value of the site they are purchasing is enhanced because they are using those powers and the owner of the site gets a “hope value” addition to what they receive. Would the Minister consider ensuring that, where a CPO …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"One of the problems with the Standards Board was that it was simply overwhelmed with complaints because residents were allowed to go to it at first instance, rather than appealing to it if their local authority did not deal properly with their case. Another problem was that parish council complaints …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"We have before us something called a Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill. I agree with the hon. Member for Mansfield (Ben Bradley) who said that the Bill might be better if the planning elements had been taken out of it. The problem is that that would not have left much remaining, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"I will return to that, but I will first comment on the planning issues, which we will hopefully come back to at a future date. There are some challenges around housing targets and how we get to 300,000 if we do not have the building blocks at a local level. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"On the CPO powers, the Law Commission will not look at the valuations. Who will do that review work? Also, could the Minister set out very simply how the new arrangements will be simpler and quicker for local authorities to organise?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Local Government Association has calculated that councils are facing extra inflation costs of £2.5 billion this year and extra costs of £3.5 billion next year. If we look at the autumn statement, apart from social care there was no mention of any extra money whatsoever for local government. All …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Social Housing Standards

"May I associate myself with the aims that the Secretary of State has set out in his statement? I think they will be supported across the House.

I draw the Secretary of State’s attention to the Select Committee’s report, “The Regulation of Social Housing”, published in July—I gently remind him …..."
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