Written Question
Monday 4th June 2018
Asked by:
Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and which local authorities are engaged in discussions with his Department on reorganisation from a two-tier structure to unitary status.
Answered by Rishi Sunak
Ministers and officials regularly have discussions with many local authorities about a wide range of issues, which may include reorganisation from a two tier structure to unitary status.
In particular there have been discussions with councils in Buckinghamshire, Dorset and Oxfordshire, where proposals for unitarisation have been submitted, and with councils in Northamptonshire which have been invited to make unitary proposals.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 May 2018
Housing and Homes
"I would ordinarily want to agree with the hon. Gentleman, but if I did so on this, we would both be wrong. He is talking about the abolition of stamp duty, but in my constituency the number of properties available to first-time buyers at between £200,000 and £400,000 is almost …..."Gareth Snell - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 3rd May 2018
Asked by:
Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with (i) Stoke-on-Trent City Council, (ii) Staffordshire County Council, (iii) Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, (iv) Staffordshire Moorlands District Council and (v) Stafford Borough Council on local government reorganisation in Staffordshire.
Answered by Rishi Sunak
Whilst Ministers and officials regularly have discussions with councils, including those in Staffordshire, on a wide range of issues that may include local government reorganisation, no specific discussions on reorganisation have been held during this Parliament with Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Staffordshire County Council, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council or Stafford Borough Council.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2018
Northamptonshire County Council
"The Secretary of State continues to use core funding as a way of masking the eight years of cuts that have been levied on councils across the country. Even the Local Government Association says that it does not correctly represent the cash that is available to fund public services, so …..."Gareth Snell - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 21 Mar 2018
Houses in Multiple Occupation: Combined Planning Applications
"My hon. Friend could be describing a situation far from Ealing, on Birches Head Road in Stoke-on-Trent. The frustrating thing with all this is that they are considered as individual applications. Does he agree that when companies make it known at the outset that they intend to buy up one, …..."Gareth Snell - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 21 Mar 2018
Houses in Multiple Occupation: Combined Planning Applications
"As the Minister is outlining things that the Government are looking to do, would they be willing to consider a saturation limit? As my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing North (Stephen Pound) said, the issue is not necessarily the numbers, but the concentration in certain areas. If the Government …..."Gareth Snell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"Last week I attended a meeting of the Eaton Park residents association as part of the consultation on Stoke-on-Trent’s joint local plan. They are aghast at proposals to use the greenfield site of Berryhill Fields, while brownfield sites are left unlooked at. When it comes to looking for new housing …..."Gareth Snell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Feb 2018
Local Government Finance
"The Conservative portfolio holder for finance on Stoke-on-Trent City Council says that it will lose £15 million of central Government grant over the next two years—that is Stoke-on-Trent with hyphens for the Secretary of State’s PPS, as he diligently searches his folder—but the Secretary of State will tell me that …..."Gareth Snell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Feb 2018
Local Government Finance
"I commend the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) for his speech. The simple answer in his case is that the Conservative councillors on Northamptonshire County Council could find the fortitude simply to no-confidence the existing leader, rather than trying to get the Lords Commissioners to do the dirty work …..."Gareth Snell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Feb 2018
Local Government Finance
"Yes, obviously he is the Minister for Bins.
The Secretary of State said that Stoke-on-Trent City Council would see an increase in its funding abilities. I have just double-checked the figures published by the Conservative portfolio holder for finance on Stoke-on-Trent City Council, and they say that £32 million needs …..."Gareth Snell - View Speech
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