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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Nov 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"T4. Cornwall is not a nimby location. It has almost trebled its housing stock in the last 60 years, and it is one of the fastest growing places in the United Kingdom. Yet despite all that, the housing problems of local people have got worse. As the Government impose housing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

"Meur ras! I just wanted to address the tone of the hon. Gentleman’s speech. All six Cornish Members are clear about the fact that, for us, this is not about cutting ourselves off, but about cutting ourselves into the celebration of diversity. It is a positive, forward-looking proposal on behalf …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

"It is interesting to follow the hon. Member for Isle of Wight East (Joe Robertson). I also have ferries in my constituency, but I have not tabled amendments to deal with them in a Bill about devolution. I will return to the Cornish question raised by the hon. Member for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

"I do indeed. It is the desire of a centralised state to render its dominion homogeneous, and in a nation such as the UK, where the culture has been so centralised for centuries, it is difficult to understand that the process of devolution is about letting go, not about holding …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

"The hon. Gentleman referred to the powers that are being devolved to mayors, but does he accept that the mayors referred to in clause 38 and schedule 19 have different powers from the London Mayor? In effect, those mayors will become puppets of central Government, because their local growth plans …..."
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Written Question
Elections
Thursday 23rd October 2025

Asked by: Andrew George (Liberal Democrat - St Ives)

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 review election regulations.

Answered by Samantha Dixon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

This government is committed to strengthening our democracy and upholding the integrity of our elections. Between October 2024 and April 2025, the government worked in partnership with the electoral sector to carry out a strategic review of electoral registration and conduct, focused on improving resilience, reducing risk in the delivery of elections, and supporting voters. The outcomes of the Review were set out in the Government’s Strategy for Modern and Secure Elections, published in July 2025.

Written Question
Local Government: Economic Growth
Monday 20th October 2025

Asked by: Andrew George (Liberal Democrat - St Ives)

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 help ensure that (a) incoming and (b) existing Mayors of combined authorities are set targets for community-led housing in local growth plans.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Local Growth Plans provide a long-term strategic framework for growth in their regions, and all mayors will be required to produce and publish one. The plans articulate a ten-year vision for growth, identifying shared priorities to be taken forward with the UK Government.

As locally led plans, MSAs may identify priorities in relation to housing where relevant in their Local Growth Plans. In addition, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill enables mayors of combined authorities to specify an amount of housing (of any kind) in their spatial development strategies, where they consider it to be of strategic importance to the strategy area.