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Lords Chamber
High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill - Fri 17 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Whitby (Con - Life peer) It means that the lessons from the Government’s high streets task force, which has helped numerous councils - Speech Link
2: Lord Mair (XB - Life peer) By requiring councils to designate a priority area and propose high street improvement plans, the Bill - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) The Government have ruled out giving councils control over this within these zones, but is it possible - Speech Link
4: Earl of Shrewsbury (Con - Excepted Hereditary) In Ashbourne, for instance, which is the gateway to the Peak District, the town lacks a bypass. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Our public sector hub, planned with colleagues from both councils, the NHS, the police and others, will - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 16 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Tobias Ellwood (Con - Bournemouth East) Please may we have a debate on councils imposing unwanted speed limits? - Speech Link
2: Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con - Bridgwater and West Somerset) Mid Devon District Council, which is not the ultimate authority for this, has been absolutely useless - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Biodiversity Loss - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Alistair Strathern (Lab - Mid Bedfordshire) fantastic local conservation groups and charities, and some brilliant work is being done by local parish councils - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) gardens exemplify the benefit of community farming for wellbeing and biodiversity.Liberal Democrat councils - Speech Link
3: Olivia Blake (Lab - Sheffield, Hallam) My constituency opens out into the Peak district and several peatland habitats. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) four sites only the other day—I pay tribute to local councillor Suzanne Pender and the local parish councils - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Tue 14 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) Likewise, the 2014 Act introduced a duty on councils to share information about fixed penalty notices - Speech Link
2: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) relevant enforcement authority—local weights and measures authorities in England, Wales and Scotland, and district - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Integration of Primary and Community Care (Committee Report) - Thu 09 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) That might be access to a GP, a pharmacist, a district nurse or a mental health nurse, along with greater - Speech Link
2: Baroness Redfern (Con - Life peer) I know he is committed to all councils playing their part in improving the health of their residents, - Speech Link
3: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) There used to be physios, district nurses, health visitors and others all collocated at a surgery, but - Speech Link
4: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) they need, when, where and how they need it, whether that be through access to a GP, a pharmacist or a district - Speech Link
5: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) local systems.On the integration, we are giving these bodies the ability to bring together the NHS, the councils - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 09 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) An additional £8.3 billion has been allocated to councils for road improvements, which are of importance - Speech Link
2: Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con - Bridgwater and West Somerset) I must say that I have some good news from Mid Devon District Council. My right hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Local Government Officials: Bullying - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) the Telegraph online on 1 October 2022 stated that a preliminary academic survey of town and parish councils - Speech Link
2: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) Then there are the additional recruitment and training costs for those councils which lose their clerks - Speech Link
3: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) slight interest, having started my political career as a parish councillor before migrating to the district - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Thu 09 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) These are existing measures that local authority trading standards in England and Wales, and district - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) In 2019-20, 50% of councils that undertook test purchasing reported that cigarettes or tobacco products - Speech Link


Written Statements
Local Government Stewardship Update - Wed 08 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) Members will recognise the critical role local councils play in providing essential statutory services - Speech Link