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Debate between Deirdre Costigan and Lindsay Hoyle(6 days, 2 hours ago)
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Deirdre Costigan (Ealing Southall) (Lab)
The Street Works (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 allows the Northern Ireland Executive to bring in a lane rental scheme to charge contractors a daily rate for disruptive roadworks, but they have chosen not to take this position. Will the Secretary of State extol the virtues of the lane rental scheme to the Northern Ireland Executive? While she is at it, will she take the final steps to give the lane rental powers under the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 to the Mayor of London, to cut traffic in Ealing Southall too?
Mr Speaker
We are struggling to stick to Northern Ireland. Pick what you can out of that, Secretary of State.
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Debate between Deirdre Costigan and Lindsay Hoyle(1 year, 4 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
I will just make the point again that we are a long way from Eastleigh; I do not understand how the questions are grouped in this way. Other people listed on the Order Paper are being left behind and are missing out as a result.
Deirdre Costigan (Ealing Southall) (Lab)
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Debate between Deirdre Costigan and Lindsay Hoyle(2 years ago)
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Deirdre Costigan
In Ealing Southall, religious organisations are spending their own money protecting worshippers from antisocial behaviour and crime in the early morning. Sri Guru Singh Sabha gurdwara, for example, is spending £3,000 to £4,000 a week on patrols and security measures. I recently called a crime summit and, although the police are trying their best, the community needs more police on the streets and a return to neighbourhood policing. What progress has been made on recruiting the much-needed 13,000 new police and community support officers we need to restore trust in the safety of our communities and town centres?