Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) Bill

Order. I appreciate that the hon. Lady is intervening on the hon. Member for Keighley (Robbie Moo...

I apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, because this Bill aims to reinstall local councils’ power...

In County Durham, several years ago, we had referendums on whether to abolish our local district ...

If I recall, 76% of people across the County Durham area voted in favour of making sure that the ...

Can I give my hon. Friend another example? In Christchurch there was a turnout more equivalent to...

That is exactly what this Bill hopes to achieve: to instil local democracy in constituency areas ...

I compliment my hon. Friend on the way in which he is presenting his Bill and seeking to deliver ...

Of course, Darlington is now one of the thriving towns of the north. Keighley absolutely wants to...

As my hon. Friend knows, I fully support him in this and I want my constituency to join his in th...

My hon. Friend and neighbour makes a very important point. No one should live in fear of the Bill...

My hon. Friend is being very generous in giving way, but I have to disagree with him on one point...

I suspect that some will live in fear, but they should not fear the Bill because it is all about ...

My hon. Friend is making an important point about size. I would be grateful if he could address t...

My hon. Friend makes some important points. North Yorkshire is of course within miles of my two p...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. May I refer him to the case of Greater Manchester, ...

My hon. Friend describes the similarities. A clean air zone is being imposed on hard-working peop...

My hon. Friend is making an incredibly powerful speech and he is being generous in giving way so ...

I totally agree and I will definitely come on to that.

A root cause of so many of these pro...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley (Robbie Moore). As he knows, I ...

Does my hon. Friend agree it is shocking that when this Conservative Government come along and sa...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and it is frustrating for those of us who are trying to do th...

It is a pleasure to speak for the third time. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Keighl...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. My constituency and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Kei...

I am grateful for that intervention, which gives a shining example of the horrors of Bradford Cou...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. The problem is not just that these local authoritie...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Be it the non-collection of council tax or the failure to lis...

I am sure my hon. Friend accepts that parliamentary boundaries change on a regular basis, and tha...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. I simply raised the point for consideration...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley (Robbie Moore) on securing a place in the b...

I absolutely understand why the Government would not wish to interfere in bringing forward a top-...

Absolutely; it does meet that locally led test, but that is not the only test that we would be ap...

I appreciate that time is running out, so may I take this opportunity to thank the Minister for a...

I thank my hon. Friend. He and I will be able to work together on this issue with our hon. Friend...