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Written Question
Local Government: Elections
Monday 5th October 2020

Asked by: Clive Betts (Labour - Sheffield South East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that staff at electoral counts for the local elections in 2021 will be able to socially distance.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The Government is working with the electoral sector and Public Health England to identify and resolve challenges involved in delivering the May 2021 elections, including supporting Returning Officers to ensure polling stations and count venues are safe and covid-secure.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Jul 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" I do not know whether the Prime Minister has had a chance yet to read the report commissioned by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the standard of homes delivered under permitted development. The report found properties with no windows, that three quarters of the properties …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2020
Transport Infrastructure

"I welcome the commitment both to HS2 and to Northern Powerhouse Rail, but in neither case did the Prime Minister mention Sheffield. Could he therefore confirm that the Sheffield loop will go ahead as planned in HS2, and that the Northern Powerhouse Rail improvements are about not just Manchester to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2020
Local Government Finance

"May I begin by thanking the Minister for his continued support for devolution to the Sheffield city region and south Yorkshire? I think we have just about got there. That is very welcome.

The Select Committee on Housing, Communities and Local Government has in the past commented on the fact …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2020
Local Government Finance

"This is a very important debate because these services affect millions of our constituents up and down the country. The reality is that local government has had bigger cuts to its funding than any other part of the public sector since 2010, with a 50% cut in Government grant and, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2020
Local Government Finance

"I am sure my hon. Friend has had a chance to read the Local Governance Research Unit’s excellent annual survey of local government finances, which shows that 10% of councils are worried that their resources will be insufficient to meet their statutory duties. We could reach that clear tipping point …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Oct 2019
Grenfell Tower Inquiry

"The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has done a lot of work on this issue, and we have highlighted the need for speedy removal of the cladding. It is in the private sector that there are often disputes between the freeholder and the leaseholders, who may be legally responsible …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Oct 2019
Grenfell Tower Inquiry

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Oct 2019
Grenfell Tower Inquiry

"My right hon. Friend is right that one of the real problems with the inspection regime is the way that responsibility was taken away from local authority building control officers, who acted independently. Very often developers can now appoint their own friends to sign off the buildings. Is that not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Oct 2019
Grenfell Tower Inquiry

"The hon. and learned Lady is making a very important point. Does she think that as soon as the Government, whichever Government it is, have had a chance to consider the recommendations in detail, they should publish a list of those recommendations, what they are going to do to implement …..."
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