Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

It is a pleasure to be here for the next stage of this vital Bill. My right hon. Friend the Secre...

One of the disappointments with this Bill is that, although it extends the principle of combined ...

The Chair of the Select Committee is a passionate campaigner on these issues. He will know that t...

Often, when compulsory purchase powers are used by local authorities, the value of the site they ...

I am happy to discuss that with the hon. Member in further detail following the debate today. It ...

I absolutely welcome the Government’s action on this. Does the Minister agree that the best way t...

I completely agree with that sentiment. Any new legislation that may be introduced at a future da...

The Minister is talking a lot about those areas where there is devolution already or where there ...

As I say, we have discussions under way at the moment and we are looking ahead to which new devol...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way, because this is of seminal importance to all second...

I can confirm that, and my hon. Friend pre-empts the next bit of my speech, which will hopefully ...

It is important to look at the balance of council tax attributions for HMOs, but will the Ministe...

We will be consulting on this as a matter of urgency, and I am happy to take this away and to wor...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way a second time. I thank her and the Department for Le...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his incredibly kind words.

I thank Members on both side...

It is a pleasure to speak for the Opposition in these proceedings.

The Public Bill Committe...

The hon. Gentleman has mentioned a couple of times the important question of levelling up across ...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman that, when we talk about levelling up, it should never be north v...

I rise to set out the case for new clauses 70 and 71 in my name with the support of my hon. Frien...

Because so much of the Bill focuses on England only, I will concentrate my remarks on amendment 1...

Does the hon. Lady honestly think that there is something fundamentally wrong in a Government Dep...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. It is not about flexibility; it is about credibility...

In the time available to me today, I will cover two amendments to the Bill, both of which I origi...

I will focus my remarks on new clause 84, tabled in my name. I thank colleagues who have put thei...

It is nice to be called near the beginning of a debate, Mr Deputy Speaker; I am grateful that I h...

I agree it is good to have that consistency in England, but the amendment is specifically about C...

My right hon. Friend knows Cornwall better than I do; I know it only as a holiday destination. I ...

High streets and market towns in constituencies such as mine are really struggling. Local residen...

I agree with the hon. Lady’s premise; I have made the same case to Government myself. I simply po...

Will the hon. Gentleman therefore be supporting new clause 84?

As I just said, as far as I can see, the provision is already there and therefore the new clause ...

It is a pleasure to take part in the debate and to have heard the contributions so far, and an ev...

Does the hon. Member not accept that, if we allow every area to dictate the way it has devolution...

I see the point, and I understand that the hon. Gentleman is a local government leader himself. N...

I rise to speak to new clause 7, which is tabled in my name. I thank Members from across the Hous...

I will speak to new clause 82 and amendments 71 and 72 in my name and those of my hon. Friends. N...

One of the problems with the Standards Board was that it was simply overwhelmed with complaints b...

My hon. Friend is correct. It is simply not in the interests of local people to have no mechanism...

The hon. Lady is right that this is an incredibly important issue, but is it not the case that al...

I thank the right hon. Member for that intervention. He will know that those measurements have no...

I want to speak to new clauses 1 and 2, but particularly new clause 1, which relates to the elect...

Does my hon. Friend not recognise that, as we have heard from my right hon. Friend the Member for...

I will come to that point about particular areas. My belief is that if we believe in devolution, ...

I support the amendments in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-B...

I rise to speak in support of new clause 34, which I and my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wi...

I rise to speak to my amendments 69 and 70, but before doing so I want to put on record my suppor...

First of all, I commend the Minister on what I thought was an excellent opening speech. It was th...

I am so delighted that my hon. Friend is making that point, because it is pretty much central to ...

I am glad that my hon. Friend says that, because before my slip was withdrawn this morning, I was...

rose—

I will give way happily.

Why would someone not speak up for local communities against a Government making mistaken decisio...

The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. The issue is that it does not matter what the actu...

We have before us something called a Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill. I agree with the hon. Me...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman’s sentiment, but my concern is that, effectively, devolved Mayors...

I will return to that, but I will first comment on the planning issues, which we will hopefully c...

Following the last speaker, we will move on to the ministerial response.

I am going to speak to new clause 34, and may make some broader points, as my right hon. Friend t...

I thank right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions, and I put on record again my thanks ...

I am not sure whether the Minister was in the Chamber for the remarks that the hon. Member for Ma...

The hon. Member must have read my mind, because hers is next on my list of points to address. I a...

The Minister is making an interesting speech. I hope in due course she will come to the question ...

I had not planned to do so, because of the breadth of contributions that we have had today, but I...

The Minister says that flexibility is important, so can she explain what the Government will do a...

The hon. Member will be pleased to know that I have a note to return to that in a moment.

M...

On the CPO powers, the Law Commission will not look at the valuations. Who will do that review wo...

One reason that we have asked the Law Commission to undertake the review is to ensure that we del...

I appreciate the points that the Minister makes, but they are tinkering around the edges of the e...

While I understand the intention behind the new clause, we consider it unnecessary on the basis t...

I am grateful to the Minister for what she is saying. To add to what my hon. Friend the Member fo...

I am grateful to the hon. Member, and indeed all colleagues who have engaged with us on business ...