Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Nov 2025
Oral Answers to Questions
"The hospitality industry in South Shields has really struggled over the last year. There are now deep concerns, which I share, about the imposition of a tourism tax. Can my right hon. Friend explain what assessment he has made of such a tax’s impact on beautiful little coastal tourist towns, …..."Emma Lewell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Nov 2025
Oral Answers to Questions
"T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities...."Emma Lewell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Nov 2025
Oral Answers to Questions
"After a long campaign from myself and constituents, South Tyneside council has eventually agreed to curtail any new houses in multiple occupation, but we remain saturated with them. My right hon. Friend knows that they are no substitute for good social housing, so does he have any plans to strengthen …..."Emma Lewell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Nov 2025
Oral Answers to Questions
"1. What steps he is taking to build more social and affordable homes in the South Shields constituency. ..."Emma Lewell - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 30th November 2023
Asked by:
Emma Lewell (Labour - South Shields)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the amount of money local authorities spent on employing political assistants in the financial years (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23.
Answered by Simon Hoare
The information requested is not held centrally.
Written Question
Monday 3rd July 2023
Asked by:
Emma Lewell (Labour - South Shields)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 127773 on South Tyneside, if he can provide a breakdown of what the returned grant funding was allocated for.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The returned grant allocations were in respect of the business rates system. Following submission of outturn figures, South Tyneside made the below reconciliation repayments to DLUHC. The repayments are against funding paid to the local authority on account based on estimates they provided.
Amount | Purpose |
£92,320.00 | Adjustments to the Covid Tax Income Guarantee Scheme for 20-213 |
£6,393,896.00 | Adjustments to Business Rates Relief grants for 20-211 |
£18,130.00 | Adjustments to Business Rate Retention payments for 2019-202 |
£246,099.00 | Adjustments to Business Rate Retention payments for 2020-211 |
1 The figure can be found in the published 2020-21 NNDR3 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1104063/NNDR3_2020-21_LA_dropdown_september.xlsx
2 The figure can be found in the published 2019-20 NNDR3 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1104043/NNDR3_2019-20_LA_dropdown_september.xlsx
3 A reconciliation calculation was carried out by DLUHC based on submitted 2020-21 NNDR1 and NNDR3 figures to compensate LAs for a share of lost local tax in response to Covid. A calculator was shared with LAs to allow them to calculate their final value of this grant in advance.
Written Question
Tuesday 24th January 2023
Asked by:
Emma Lewell (Labour - South Shields)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much money have South Tyneside Council returned to his Department from grants allocated over the last two years as of 19 January 2023.
Answered by Lee Rowley
South Tyneside Council have returned a total £6,750,445 of grant funding to the department between 01.04.2020 and 31.03.2022, the last two years for which audited information is available.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
"I will speak to new clause 82 and amendments 71 and 72 in my name and those of my hon. Friends. New clause 82 seeks to reinstate the standards board. Every single one of us in this place should be able to get behind that, as it is not partisan; …..."Emma Lewell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
"My hon. Friend is correct. It is simply not in the interests of local people to have no mechanism at all to remove someone from office who is acting inappropriately. People in my area who have experienced the damage caused by our previous council leader and his supporters find offensive …..."Emma Lewell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
"I thank the right hon. Member for that intervention. He will know that those measurements have not resulted in reduced levels of poverty. The amendments would strengthen the Government’s commitment to reducing it.
There are 14.5 million people living in poverty across our country. Poverty among children and pensioners rose …..."Emma Lewell - View Speech
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