Information since 10 Oct 2025, 9:56 p.m.
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Local Government Reorganisation
29 speeches (5,343 words) Wednesday 25th February 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: None The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill provides an opportunity to look again at that framework - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) If she does, then, in the context of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, will she - Link to Speech 3: Lord Pack (LD - Life peer) the Government are willing to think again—particularly in the context of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Scott, and the noble Lord, Lord Pack, asked me a specific question about the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) However, we have the opportunity, during the process of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Local Government Reorganisation
43 speeches (4,675 words) Monday 23rd February 2026 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Steve Reed (LAB - Streatham and Croydon North) The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill provides an opportunity to look again at that framework - Link to Speech |
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Local Government Finance Reforms
1 speech (1,417 words) Monday 23rd February 2026 - Written Statements Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) local audit system—including the local audit backstop programme and, through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Foundation Strategic Authorities
1 speech (452 words) Thursday 12th February 2026 - Written Statements Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Miatta Fahnbulleh (LAB - Peckham) We introduced the transformational English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. - Link to Speech |
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English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
118 speeches (33,029 words) Committee stage Wednesday 11th February 2026 - Grand Committee Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD - Life peer) that is what we were told to do.I find it ironic that we are discussing the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech 2: Lord Lansley (Con - Life peer) It is called the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, and that is a means of citation, - Link to Speech |
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Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026
19 speeches (2,929 words) Tuesday 10th February 2026 - Grand Committee Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) and economic development, but there is a strong interrelation here with the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech 2: Lord Jamieson (Con - Life peer) Given the powers that the Secretary of State will have in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-27 to 2028-29
1 speech (3,041 words) Monday 9th February 2026 - Written Statements Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) We have published a strategy to overhaul the local audit system, and the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
124 speeches (32,858 words) Committee stage Monday 9th February 2026 - Grand Committee Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Arrangement of Business
2 speeches (88 words) Monday 9th February 2026 - Grand Committee Mentions: 1: Baroness Scott of Needham Market (LD - Life peer) Just to remind noble Lords, the previous Grand Committee on the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
215 speeches (44,951 words) Committee stage Friday 6th February 2026 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) I have tabled an amendment to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, for next week, to - Link to Speech |
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English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
87 speeches (24,642 words) Committee stage Wednesday 4th February 2026 - Grand Committee Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: None —[Official Report, Commons, English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Committee, 21/10/25; col - Link to Speech |
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English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
90 speeches (25,533 words) Committee stage Monday 2nd February 2026 - Grand Committee Department for Transport |
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English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
104 speeches (31,482 words) Committee stage Thursday 29th January 2026 - Grand Committee Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) If we have a Bill called the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, the Government should - Link to Speech |
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Draft Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026
Draft Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2026
9 speeches (2,059 words) Wednesday 28th January 2026 - General Committees Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Miatta Fahnbulleh (LAB - Peckham) transport and economic development, but there is a strong interrelationship with the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
85 speeches (26,342 words) Committee stage Tuesday 27th January 2026 - Grand Committee Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: None It seems to me that the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill will do little for devolution - Link to Speech |
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Women’s Safety: Walking, Wheeling, Cycling and Running
59 speeches (13,864 words) Tuesday 27th January 2026 - Westminster Hall HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Marie Goldman (LD - Chelmsford) I was therefore pleased, in the autumn, to table an amendment to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Local Government Reorganisation
15 speeches (4,129 words) Monday 26th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) Government, or, if it is not unknown, it is unannounced.From our consideration of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House
121 speeches (11,814 words) Thursday 22nd January 2026 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) Our new community right to buy, introduced through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Local Government Reorganisation: Referendums
68 speeches (13,158 words) Wednesday 21st January 2026 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Peter Bedford (Con - Mid Leicestershire) I have tabled amendments to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, asked questions on - Link to Speech 2: Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) same.That is why the Government are choosing to devolve and not dictate through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Local Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2026
23 speeches (4,015 words) Wednesday 21st January 2026 - Grand Committee Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: None updated as part of the future legislation, particularly in the light of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) The order has been drafted to take account of changes that will be made by the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
115 speeches (36,954 words) Committee stage Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Grand Committee Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) Noble Lords might think that that should be a given in a Bill called the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech 2: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) It is very short:“The purpose of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill is to transfer - Link to Speech 3: None It is deserving of the Title English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. - Link to Speech |
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Crime and Policing Bill
100 speeches (27,508 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) cycle schemes, and potentially shared e-scooter schemes, in future through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House
103 speeches (10,698 words) Thursday 15th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) We tabled amendments to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill as a first step, but, as - Link to Speech |
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New Towns
67 speeches (24,417 words) Thursday 15th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Chris Hinchliff (Lab - North East Hertfordshire) Fortunately, the amendment that I tabled to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill to - Link to Speech |
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Draft Local Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2026
7 speeches (2,037 words) Tuesday 13th January 2026 - General Committees Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) follow.Could the Minister set out in a little more detail how the Government’s English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech 2: Chris Ward (Lab - Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven) support the point he made.Secondly, on local government reorganisation, when the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Pension Schemes Bill
98 speeches (27,030 words) Committee stage Monday 12th January 2026 - Grand Committee Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) administering authorities and strategic authorities, especially in the light of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech 2: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) that are treated as strategic authorities in England for the purpose of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Higher Education: Government Support
17 speeches (3,736 words) Monday 12th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Josh MacAlister (Lab - Whitehaven and Workington) Friend the Member for Southend East and Rochford on Second Reading of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House
121 speeches (12,347 words) Thursday 8th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill will deliver on the Government’s commitment to - Link to Speech |
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New Homes: Target
21 speeches (1,571 words) Thursday 8th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) As the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill moves through Parliament, what action are the - Link to Speech |
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High Street Gambling Reform
48 speeches (13,088 words) Thursday 8th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Ian Murray (Lab - Edinburgh South) neighbourhoods.We are also widening and deepening local devolution through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Housing Development: Cumulative Impacts
45 speeches (13,514 words) Wednesday 17th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) that the Government listened to the calls of the Conservative Opposition on the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Quarries: Planning Policy
65 speeches (12,330 words) Tuesday 16th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley and Ilkley) Infrastructure Bill that has been put forward by this Labour Government, alongside the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Crime and Policing Bill
66 speeches (14,148 words) Committee stage part two Monday 15th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) It is the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill—not the most obvious place to have a chapter - Link to Speech |
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Business Improvement Districts: Town Centre Renewal
20 speeches (1,762 words) Thursday 11th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Pitkeathley of Camden Town (Lab - Life peer) Does the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill offer an opportunity to strengthen and expand - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) BID reform is not included in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) I am sure, as we discuss the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, that we will have lots - Link to Speech |
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Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry
15 speeches (4,460 words) Thursday 11th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) in this House my noble friend Lord Hendy will be legislating shortly in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech 2: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) I have looked at the provisions in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill and welcome - Link to Speech |
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Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry
57 speeches (9,977 words) Tuesday 9th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) colleagues in the Department for Transport to ensure that the legislation in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
75 speeches (34,873 words) 2nd readingLorsd Hansard Monday 8th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) This is what the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill will do—drive the biggest transfer - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Griffin of Princethorpe (Lab - Life peer) The real clue to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill lies in its title. - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Pidgeon (LD - Life peer) —[Official Report, Commons, English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Committee, 28/10/25; col - Link to Speech 4: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) themselves.The former Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, at Second Reading of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Local Elections
68 speeches (7,665 words) Thursday 4th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) My amendment to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill last week was about my borough - Link to Speech 2: Vikki Slade (LD - Mid Dorset and North Poole) introduction of mayors were taking place simultaneously; she knew that throughout the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Link to Speech 3: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) When the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill was making progress in Committee, the Minister - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 25th February 2026
Oral Evidence - Forest, Via, Arriva UK Bus, and techUK Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration - Transport Committee Found: opinion is that, under a more regulated scheme—potentially, following the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 11th February 2026
Correspondence - Letter from the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness to the Chair dated 9 February 2026 concerning the final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2026-27 to 2028-29 Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Found: the local audit system, and there are a range of audit measures within the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 11th February 2026
Written Evidence - Medway Council ICP0024 - International climate policy International climate policy - Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Found: The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill 2024 included climate as a competency for strategic |
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Wednesday 11th February 2026
Written Evidence - Medway Council ICP0024 - International climate policy International climate policy - Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Found: The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill 2024 included climate as a competency for strategic |
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Wednesday 11th February 2026
Report - 15th Report – Small business strategy Business and Trade Committee Found: The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill will also introduce a new duty on local authorities |
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Tuesday 10th February 2026
Report - 8th Report - Railways Bill Transport Committee Found: which together will be categorised as Mayoral Strategic Authorities under the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Tuesday 10th February 2026
Report - 7th Report - Rail investment pipelines: ending boom and bust Transport Committee Found: Established’ Mayoral Strategic Authorities (MSAs) under the provisions of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Monday 2nd February 2026
Scrutiny evidence - Promoter's Materials in support of evidence commencing on 4 February 2026 Malvern Hills Bill [HL] Committee Found: App.Cas 473 per Lord Selborne at pg 478. 4 Clauses 73 of and Schedule 30 to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Monday 2nd February 2026
Scrutiny evidence - Part 2 of Promoter's Materials in support of evidence commencing on 4 February 2026 Malvern Hills Bill [HL] Committee Found: App.Cas 473 per Lord Selborne at pg 478. 4 Clauses 73 of and Schedule 30 to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 21st January 2026
Written Evidence - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government SHS0027 - The future of Scotland’s high streets The future of Scotland’s high streets - Scottish Affairs Committee Found: Through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, the Government will introduce a strong |
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Tuesday 20th January 2026
Written Evidence - ASLEF PRO0109 - Priorities of the Business and Trade Committee for 2026 Priorities of the Business and Trade Committee for 2026 - Business and Trade Committee Found: at scale. 20.The possibility of a community infrastructure levy from the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Monday 19th January 2026
Government Response - Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Forth-eighth report from Session 2024-26 Public Accounts Committee Found: expects that more areas will consider adopting CIL following Royal Assent to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Monday 19th January 2026
Government Response - Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Forty-Fourth report from Session 2024-26 Public Accounts Committee Found: expects that more areas will consider adopting CIL following Royal Assent to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Monday 19th January 2026
Government Response - Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Forty-third report from Session 2024-26 Public Accounts Committee Found: expects that more areas will consider adopting CIL following Royal Assent to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Monday 19th January 2026
Government Response - Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Forty-sixth report from Session 2024-26 Public Accounts Committee Found: expects that more areas will consider adopting CIL following Royal Assent to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Monday 19th January 2026
Correspondence - Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Forty-fifth report from Session 2024-26 Public Accounts Committee Found: expects that more areas will consider adopting CIL following Royal Assent to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Monday 19th January 2026
Government Response - Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Forth-ninth report from Session 2024-26 Public Accounts Committee Found: expects that more areas will consider adopting CIL following Royal Assent to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 14th January 2026
Written Evidence - The Local Government Association JUJ0078 - Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration - Transport Committee Found: British Railways as set out in the Devolution White Paper is absent from the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 14th January 2026
Written Evidence - Transport Action Network JUJ0107 - Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration - Transport Committee Found: The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill gives with one hand but takes with the other. |
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Wednesday 14th January 2026
Written Evidence - Lime JUJ0063 - Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration - Transport Committee Found: Delivering integration through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill The English Devolution |
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Wednesday 14th January 2026
Written Evidence - ASLEF JUJ0064 - Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration - Transport Committee Found: the creation of Great British Railways (GBR), the Bus Services Bill and the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 14th January 2026
Correspondence - Letter from the Minister for Local Transport, Department for Transport relating to taxis and private hire vehicles licenses, dated 11 December 2025 Transport Committee Found: taxi and private hire vehicles (PHVs) licences through an amendment to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 14th January 2026
Oral Evidence - Department for Transport, and Department for Transport Licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles - Transport Committee Found: In the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, we are taking the power to set national minimum |
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Wednesday 17th December 2025
Written Evidence - The Heritage Alliance NTC0093 - New Towns: Creating Communities New Towns: Creating Communities - Built Environment Committee Found: Furthermore, the enhanced Community Right to Buy provision set out in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 17th December 2025
Oral Evidence - Urban Transport Group, West Midlands Rail Executive, and Liverpool City Region Railways Bill - Transport Committee Found: is a bit off the pace with the wider push for devolution that we saw in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Thursday 11th December 2025
Written Evidence - Local Government Association WGA0001 - Whole of Government Accounts 2023-24 Public Accounts Committee Found: progress being made on the reform of local audit, including provisions in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 10th December 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness to the Chair dated 2 December 2025 concerning pre-appointment scrutiny of the new Chair of the Local Audit Office Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Found: establishing a new statutory public body, the Local Audit Office, through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Tuesday 9th December 2025
Oral Evidence - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, and South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Financing the real economy - Business and Trade Committee Found: really forward-thinking on some of these things, at the moment there is the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Tuesday 9th December 2025
Special Report - 6th Special Report - Further Education and Skills: Government Response Education Committee Found: We recommend that the Government amends the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill to make |
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Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Written Evidence - Greater Manchester Combined Authority RWB0034 - Railways Bill Railways Bill - Transport Committee Found: GM also welcomes the inclusion of a ‘right to request’ mechanism in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Written Evidence - CoMoUK RWB0035 - Railways Bill Railways Bill - Transport Committee Found: transport systems with the introduction of shared micromobility licencing in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Written Evidence - Medway Council RWB0045 - Railways Bill Railways Bill - Transport Committee Found: Medway requests that the Railways Bill will highlight the significant role the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Written Evidence - Rail Delivery Group RWB0052 - Railways Bill Railways Bill - Transport Committee Found: Given the measures contained within the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill currently |
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Taxis: Licensing
Asked by: Jerome Mayhew (Conservative - Broadland and Fakenham) Monday 23rd February 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will amend statutory taxi and private hire vehicle licensing guidance to ensure that licensing authorities require taxi and private hire vehicle drivers to undertake safeguarding training and demonstrate safeguarding knowledge as a condition of licensing. Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury The Department’s existing statutory guidance recommends that licensing authorities should require taxi and private hire vehicle drivers to undertake safeguarding training.
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, currently being considered by the House of Lords, seeks to provide a power for the Secretary of State to set in regulations requirements that must be met for any taxi or private hire vehicle licence to be issued and held.
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Community Development
Asked by: Alex Brewer (Liberal Democrat - North East Hampshire) Monday 23rd February 2026 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to empower communities in local decision-making processes. Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The Government’s Pride in Place Programme empowers local people to shape the future of their neighbourhoods, providing up to £5.8 billion funding and support over 10 years for 284 neighbourhoods.
Additionally, the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill will require all local authorities in England to establish neighbourhood governance, to move decision-making closer to residents. |
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Public Houses: Community Development
Asked by: Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat - South Cotswolds) Monday 16th February 2026 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Government policies on rural economies and high streets on the social and community value of pubs. Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) Pubs are at the heart of rural communities, supporting the local economy, providing a space for people to come together, and offering essential services. The Government is investing £440,000 with Pub is The Hub to help rural pubs diversify. Through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, we will also introduce a new community right to buy to empower communities to bring valued assets such as pubs into community ownership and protect them for future use. |
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Planning: Reform
Asked by: James Cleverly (Conservative - Braintree) Thursday 12th February 2026 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to introduce planning reforms through primary legislation. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The Planning and Infrastructure Act received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025 and the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill , which contains provisions relating to housing and strategic planning, continues its passage through the other place.
Parliament will continue to be updated in the usual way in respect of the government’s planning reform agenda, including any future measures which may require primary legislation. |
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Regeneration: Shops
Asked by: Callum Anderson (Labour - Buckingham and Bletchley) Wednesday 11th February 2026 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he us taking to help ensure new regeneration tools like Community Right to Buy deliver outcomes for independent retailers. Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The Government is committed to supporting independent retailers and the high streets on which they operate. Community right to buy, which we are introducing through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, will empower local communities to bring a wide range of assets into community ownership and protect them for future use, including shops. This is part of a wider suite of regeneration tools the Government is introducing, including High Street Rental Auctions and a more streamlined Compulsory Purchase Order process, which offer councils and communities the chance to preserve valuable spaces and create a higher quality trading environment for independent retailers.
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Taxis: CCTV
Asked by: Joe Robertson (Conservative - Isle of Wight East) Tuesday 10th February 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to require in-vehicle CCTV in licensed taxis and private hire vehicles. Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill seeks a power for the Secretary of State to set in regulations national minimum standards for taxi and private hire vehicle licensing. The power was approved by the House of Commons and the Bill is now being considered by the House of Lords. Should Parliament enable the setting of standards, mandating CCTV in vehicles will be considered as part of that process.
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Neighbourhood Area Committees
Asked by: John Milne (Liberal Democrat - Horsham) Tuesday 20th January 2026 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish guidance for local authorities on the composition of Neighbourhood Area Committees. Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill brings a new requirement for local authorities to make appropriate governance arrangements for any neighbourhood area. The government will publish guidance to support the local authorities in the implementation of this policy in due course. |
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Taxis: Licensing
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Tuesday 20th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to change the licensing of taxis in the context of the Casey Review. Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury The Government response to Baroness Casey’s report committed to legislate to tackle the inconsistent standards of taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) licensing. The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill seeks a power for the Secretary of State to set national minimum standards for taxi and PHV licensing. The power was approved by the House of Commons, and the Bill is now being considered by the House of Lords.
If passed, national minimum standards would enable government to set robust standards for licensing right across England, to keep vulnerable children and, indeed, all members of the public safe, wherever they live or travel. This is an important first step and the Department continues to consider further options for reform. The Government is consulting on making all local transport authorities responsible for taxi and PHV licensing. Administering licensing across larger areas would further increase consistency in licensing and enable better resourced authorities to make better use of their enforcement powers.
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Electric Bicycles: Pedestrian Areas
Asked by: Neil Hudson (Conservative - Epping Forest) Monday 19th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help address safety risks from the abandonment of e-bikes on pavements. Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury We understand that e-bikes parked obstructively on pavements are not just an inconvenience but a real safety risk, particularly for vulnerable pavement users.
That is why the licensing regime for shared cycle schemes which we are bringing forward through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill will create a legal requirement for shared e-cycle schemes to be licensed by local leaders and will include minimum standard conditions to ensure a national baseline of safety. This will provide local leaders with greater powers to combat street clutter and misuse of shared vehicles. |
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Electric Bicycles: Hire Services
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham) Friday 16th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the investigation by London Centric into Lime Bike accidents. Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Road safety is a top priority for this Government. That is why the licensing regime for shared cycle schemes which we are bringing forward through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill will include minimum standard conditions to ensure a national baseline of safety.
We will consult in depth before implementing licensing, with safety being a core consideration. Licence conditions could include reporting and maintenance requirements.
Ministers and officials engage regularly with shared cycle operators, local authorities, and other groups to understand the challenges and opportunities these schemes can present.
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Electric Bicycles: Hire Services
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham) Friday 16th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to monitor the maintenance of Lime Bikes by rental companies. Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Road safety is a top priority for this Government. That is why the licensing regime for shared cycle schemes which we are bringing forward through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill will include minimum standard conditions to ensure a national baseline of safety.
We will consult in depth before implementing licensing, with safety being a core consideration. Licence conditions could include reporting and maintenance requirements.
Ministers and officials engage regularly with shared cycle operators, local authorities, and other groups to understand the challenges and opportunities these schemes can present.
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Transport: Women
Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell) Wednesday 14th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of safe evening transport for women in (a) rural areas and (b) Langley Vale. Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury The Department for Transport is committed to making the transport network safer for everyone, including women and girls, whenever and wherever they are travelling. As part of the Government’s aims to reduce Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) by half over the next decade, the Department has an ambitious, evidence-based programme of work to help tackle VAWG on transport. This includes measures in the Bus Services Act 2025 such as training on how to recognise and respond to incidents of criminal and antisocial behaviour (ASB). We know that women and girls are more likely than men to avoid travelling alone when it’s dark. The Department’s ‘Protected characteristics and public transport perceptions and safety’ research, published in 2023, also found that women were more concerned than men about the risk of violence regardless of the time of day. People living in rural areas were more likely to say they felt safe, albeit by a relatively small margin. We are continuing to build our evidence base to better understand the prevalence of VAWG and ASB across the transport network so we can better target interventions. In the meantime, the Department will continue to work across government and with partners, including the British Transport Police (BTP), the transport industry and local authorities to ensure that everyone feels and is safe when travelling.
In relation to taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs), the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill is seeking a power to set in regulations national minimum standards for taxi and PHV licensing. The power was approved by the House of Commons at Report Stage, and the Bill is now being considered by the House of Lords. If passed, this would enable government to set robust standards for licensing right across England, to keep women and girls and, indeed, all members of the public safe, wherever they live or travel.
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Mayors: Surrey
Asked by: Al Pinkerton (Liberal Democrat - Surrey Heath) Wednesday 7th January 2026 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) protections and (b) guidance his Department will provide to mayoral candidates for new unitary authorities in Surrey. Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) There are currently no local authority mayoralties operating in Surrey, and no mayoral elections are planned for the new unitary councils. Under provisions in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, any new council created through local government reorganisation will adopt the leader and cabinet model of governance. |
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Police
Asked by: Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat - Cheltenham) Tuesday 6th January 2026 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether future police force boundaries will be aligned with regional mayoral boundaries. Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office) The Government has committed in its English Devolution White Paper to transfer policing functions to Mayors of Strategic Authorities wherever boundaries of the mayoral and policing areas align, by default, subject to Royal Assent to provisions in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. This Government will abolish PCCs across England and Wales at the end of their term in 2028 and police governance functions will be transferred to mayors wherever possible, or to elected council leaders where it is not. The Home Secretary has an ambitious police reform agenda, which will include measures to drive down waste and cut bureaucracy so that the police can focus on issues that matter to the public and cut crime in our communities. Further detail will be set out in the Police Reform White Paper, which is due to be published in early 2026. |
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Police and Crime Commissioners
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon) Monday 5th January 2026 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps does she plan to take to amend the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 to reflect the absorption of the Police and Crime Commissioner role into that of metro mayors. Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office) The Government committed in the English Devolution White Paper to transfer Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) functions to mayors of strategic authorities by default, wherever possible. The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, currently before Parliament, contains provisions that amend relevant primary legislation, including the Police Reform and Social Responsibility 2011 Act, to achieve this aim. Subject to the Bill receiving Royal Assent, transfers of functions to mayors will take place in areas where the boundaries of the mayoral strategic authority and policing area align, at a date set by the Secretary of State by Order. |
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Local Government: Cornwall and Devon
Asked by: Ian Roome (Liberal Democrat - North Devon) Friday 19th December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for introducing a Mayoral Combined Authority or Authorities for Devon, for Cornwall, or for Devon and Cornwall. Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) Devon and Torbay already benefit from devolution as a Combined County Authority and will be designated as a Foundation Strategic Authority once the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill becomes law. Further devolution in the South West will be announced in due course, following local conversations and ministerial decisions. |
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Local Government Association
Asked by: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Conservative - Life peer) Friday 19th December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask His Majesty's Government what meetings ministers have had with members of the Local Government Association to discuss the provisions of paragraph 6 of Schedule 27 to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) Schedule 27 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (the Bill) makes a small, specific and practical change to the publication of local authority governance changes. It removes the statutory requirement for councils to publish governance changes in printed newspapers but crucially does not prevent them from doing so if they consider that is the best way to inform their local residents.
In practice this change will affect only a very small number of councils. Over 80% of councils already operate the leader-and-cabinet model of governance. The Bill does not make changes to public notices more generally, for example in relation to planning.
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Local Government: Publicity
Asked by: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Conservative - Life peer) Friday 19th December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask His Majesty's Government how the provisions of paragraph 6 of Schedule 27 to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill will affect public awareness of the activities of local authorities. Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) Schedule 27 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (the Bill) makes a small, specific and practical change to the publication of local authority governance changes. It removes the statutory requirement for councils to publish governance changes in printed newspapers but crucially does not prevent them from doing so if they consider that is the best way to inform their local residents.
In practice this change will affect only a very small number of councils. Over 80% of councils already operate the leader-and-cabinet model of governance. The Bill does not make changes to public notices more generally, for example in relation to planning.
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Local Press: Sustainable Development
Asked by: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Conservative - Life peer) Friday 19th December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of paragraph 6 of Schedule 27 to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill on the long-term sustainability of local and regional newspapers. Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) Schedule 27 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (the Bill) makes a small, specific and practical change to the publication of local authority governance changes. It removes the statutory requirement for councils to publish governance changes in printed newspapers but crucially does not prevent them from doing so if they consider that is the best way to inform their local residents.
In practice this change will affect only a very small number of councils. Over 80% of councils already operate the leader-and-cabinet model of governance. The Bill does not make changes to public notices more generally, for example in relation to planning.
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Taxis: Licensing
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde) Monday 15th December 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 Oct 2025 to Question 81532 on Taxis: Licensing, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the powers available to local licensing authorities for ensuring the effective enforcement of private-hire vehicles that are licensed in one authority but predominantly operate in another. Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury The Department for Transport is legislating to tackle inconsistent standards of taxi and private hire vehicle licensing. The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill would enable the setting of national minimum standards in licensing. We are considering further options including in relation to out of area working and enforcement powers. In the interim, as recommended in the Department’s guidance to licensing authorities in England, enforcement officers should be jointly authorised by authorities where there is a need. The guidance also highlights that licensing authorities can seek further powers from their local police chief constables under the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS).
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Local Government Finance
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton) Thursday 11th December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with councils in the devolution priority programme areas on securing investment ahead of the delayed mayoral elections. Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The English Devolution White Paper sets out how Local Growth Plans will galvanise action and investment, including through setting out a pipeline of investment opportunities for strategic authorities. Adopting a Local Growth Plan will be a duty conferred on combined authorities as soon as the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill receives Royal Assent, so we encourage all councils in the Devolution Priority Programme to use the guidance we’ve provided to develop their growth plans. In the interim period between the establishment of the Mayoral Strategic Authorities in the new year and inaugural mayoral elections, we will provide the authorities with a portion of their investment funds to ensure they can start delivering on key local priorities and deliver the benefits of devolution on the ground ahead of the Mayors taking office. |
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Tourism: Taxation
Asked by: David Simmonds (Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) Tuesday 9th December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77537 on Hotels: Taxation, and with reference to the written statement of 25 November 2025 on Devolution and Growth, HCWS1097, on what basis this change in policy was made. Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The government keeps all tax policy under review. The government’s number one mission is to kickstart economic growth, and devolving fiscal powers is critical to achieving this. Introducing a visitor levy provides Mayors with a new lever to both raise and reinvest revenue locally. English Mayors have come together to ask for an overnight stay levy through the “right to request”. The government has considered these representations from Mayors and the three amendments proposed by Wera Hobhouse MP, Paula Barker MP and Alex Mayer MP, to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill in reaching this position. A Written Ministerial Statement setting out this position was published on 25 November. A visitor levy also responds to the call from Mayors for further fiscal devolution. |
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Taxis: Licensing
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton) Friday 5th December 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the pull and push factors driving taxi license holders from obtaining licenses out of their area of residence and operation, such as to Wolverhampton Council. Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury Ministers and officials regularly engage with the taxi and private hire vehicle sector. Differing licensing requirements, processing times and costs are often cited as reasons why licences are sought from authorities other than that in which the applicants intend to work.
Though there is a high degree of consistency in requirements relating to safety, for example all licensing authorities in England require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service and barred lists check for drivers, the Government is taking action to ensure even greater consistency in licensing.
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill seeks to introduce powers to set national minimum standards for taxi and private hire vehicle licensing. If passed, national minimum standards would enable government to set robust standards for licensing across England, to keep vulnerable children and, indeed, all members of the public safe, wherever they live or travel. It would also help reduce the variability of licensing standards across the country, which is a significant factor in inducing out-of-area working. |
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Local Government: Sheffield
Asked by: Clive Betts (Labour - Sheffield South East) Wednesday 3rd December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, as a result of the changes in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, how many extra powers will be given to Sheffield City Council; and how many powers currently by Sheffield City Council be transferred to South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority. Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill will establish ‘Strategic Authorities’ to lead in our regions. Strategic authorities will not replace councils. Strategic authorities will be responsible for unlocking investment, infrastructure and economic growth across larger geographies, while local authorities will continue to be responsible for the critical daily services residents rely on and improving local neighbourhoods.
Only one power will be transferred to South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority from its constituent councils via the Bill and only in specific circumstances. The Authority will take on responsibility for preparing reports assessing local road traffic levels and forecasting their growth, but only in relation to roads that are part of the Authority’s Key Route Network.
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority will also be given other powers, including over housing, land acquisition, and economic development which it will exercise concurrently with its constituent councils. As a constituent member of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, Sheffield City Council will have a key role in the decision-making about how most of these powers are used. Full detail of which powers will be held by Strategic Authorities were published alongside the Bill in Devolution Framework Explainers. |
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Local government reorganisation 2026 - CBP-10494
Feb. 12 2026 Found: not fully align.3 Improving local services At the committee stage of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Local Government Finance Settlement 2026/27 to 2028/29 - CBP-10485
Feb. 04 2026 Found: Clause 34 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill would give MSAs the power to establish |
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The post-16 education and skills white paper - CBP-10388
Dec. 10 2025 Found: ’ are expected to receive an integrated settlement.35 The Library briefing English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: HL Bill 150 of 2024–26 - LLN-2025-0042
Dec. 03 2025 Found: English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: HL Bill 150 of 2024–26 |
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Devolution in England (webpage) Found: the government published the English Devolution White Paper and introduced the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Thursday 12th February 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Source Page: Spatial development strategies and devolution: letter to council leaders Document: (PDF) Found: why we are giving Mayors strategic development management powers through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Saturday 31st January 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Source Page: High streets to receive £150 million to restore community pride Document: High streets to receive £150 million to restore community pride (webpage) Found: high streets include: Introducing a new community right to buy through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Monday 26th January 2026
Home Office Source Page: From local to national: a new model for policing Document: (PDF) Found: Subject to Royal Assent, the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill which is currently before |
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Wednesday 21st January 2026
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Source Page: Fuel Poverty Strategy for England Document: (PDF) Found: Government 57 'English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill' The Fuel Poverty Strategy for England |
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Wednesday 21st January 2026
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Source Page: Fuel Poverty Strategy for England Document: (PDF) Found: statutory responsibilities for improving health and health inequalities57 57 'English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 21st January 2026
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Source Page: Fuel Poverty Strategy for England Document: (PDF) Found: lead to genuine, tangible improvements with improved access to support. 57 'English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Wednesday 14th January 2026
Department for Transport Source Page: Northern Growth Strategy: Case for change Document: (PDF) Found: Devolution White Paper, which are being put on a statutory footing through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Thursday 18th December 2025
Home Office Source Page: Freedom from violence and abuse: a cross-government strategy Document: (PDF) Found: As a first step, we introduced an amendment to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Monday 15th December 2025
HM Treasury Source Page: Treasury Minutes – December 2025 Document: (PDF) Found: expects that more areas will consider adopting CIL following Royal Assent to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Monday 15th December 2025
HM Treasury Source Page: Treasury Minutes – December 2025 Document: (PDF) Found: expects that more areas will consider adopting CIL following Royal Assent to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Friday 5th December 2025
Cabinet Office Source Page: Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty Document: (PDF) Found: prioritise child poverty through the new Outcomes for local government and the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Tuesday 16th December 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Source Page: MHCLG: ministerial travel and meetings, July to September 2025 Document: View online (webpage) Found: |
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Tuesday 16th December 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Source Page: National Planning Policy Framework: proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system Document: (PDF) Found: Development Orders, which is proposed to be extended to all Mayors under the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Jan. 13 2026
Office for Environmental Protection Source Page: Progress in improving the natural environment in England 2024 to 2025 Document: (PDF) Policy paper Found: English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill publications. |
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Dec. 15 2025
Homes England Source Page: Grant Agreement examples for the Social and Affordable Homes Programme 2026 to 2036 Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: CONSSAHP2636001 Strategic Authority has the meaning set out in Part 1 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |
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Dec. 15 2025
Homes England Source Page: Grant Agreement examples for the Social and Affordable Homes Programme 2026 to 2036 Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: entitled "Finance"; Strategic Authority has the meaning set out in Part 1 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill |