Local Government: Combined Authority Orders

With this we shall consider the following motions:

That the draft Barnsley, Doncaster, Roth...

These orders, if approved, will bring about the establishment of combined authorities in three of...

The Minister is making the interesting argument that localism will be the principle that guides f...

The right hon. Gentleman’s question gets to the heart of the Localism Act 2011, which was about d...

What consideration has been given to the impact on the communities that will be left behind when ...

I appreciate the point that my hon. Friend is making, but nobody will be left behind. Other areas...

I thank the Minister for that full response. When he and his Department consider any application ...

I can give my hon. Friend an assurance that we will give that matter our full consideration. One ...

I welcome the orders that have been placed before the House. The Minister described them a moment...

I think that there is an issue around wording here. They are draft orders until the House approve...

I thank the Minister for that clarification. Will he therefore tell me the date on which the orde...

If the right hon. Gentleman will bear with me, I will come back to him on that question later thi...

It is 1 April.

Does the right hon. Gentleman wish to intervene?

The Minister is probably in a better position to know about this than I am, but I think that all ...

Yes, that is the intention. I was going to come to that in a few moments. I am grateful to the ri...

On the question of transparency and openness, I note that the explanatory memorandum states:

I will touch on the make-up in a moment. It would be representative of the political representati...

Proportionally?

Yes, proportionally.

On the draft orders, three provide for the establishment of combined a...

I welcome the opportunity to debate these important statutory instruments, which will help local ...

Does the hon. Gentleman think that leadership was the reason why the Labour-led York council play...

Well, I know petty politics when I see it, and the hon. Gentleman’s remarks sound very much like ...

I can provide a piece of information to help the shadow Minister: that order was tabled on 13 Mar...

I thank the Minister for that clarification and we hope that the order will be before us soon. I ...

Will the hon. Gentleman clarify to the House why he is so eager for York to get into bed with the...

The hon. Gentleman may wish to ask the Secretary of State why he agrees with us that the proposal...

What does the hon. Gentleman say about the commitment that York has made—half-in and half-out—to ...

If the people of York and the elected local authority in York believe that it is in the interests...

I join colleagues on both sides of the House in welcoming the Secretary of State’s creation of co...

My hon. Friend is making some powerful points. In his summary of all the fantastic elements of Yo...

I thank my hon. Friend for that timely intervention. He is absolutely right. The York, North York...

Is not that why it is so surprising to hear the shadow Minister’s complete lack of understanding ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is a real danger that if York is removed, the North and...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I am more than happy to give way to another Yorkshire MP.

The beauty of the Minister’s solution is that it will not take York out of the heart of North Yor...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He might not be aware that York plays a ke...

I intend to support the draft statutory instruments, and I shall give my reasons for doing so.