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Written Question
Parking: Codes of Practice
Wednesday 8th March 2023

Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the timetable for the consultation on the Private Parking Code of Practice.

Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch

The department is currently reviewing the levels of private parking charges and additional fees set out in the temporarily withdrawn Private Parking Code of Practice. As part of this review, we are carrying out an impact assessment and will consult before retaking new decisions on these elements of the Code.

The assessment will consider all relevant impacts that arise from the new Code and will cover England, Scotland and Wales where the Code is going to apply


Further details will be set out in due course.


Written Question
Parking: Codes of Practice
Wednesday 8th March 2023

Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the Terms of Reference for the consultation on the Private Parking Code of Practice.

Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch

The department is currently reviewing the levels of private parking charges and additional fees set out in the temporarily withdrawn Private Parking Code of Practice. As part of this review, we are carrying out an impact assessment and will consult before retaking new decisions on these elements of the Code.

The assessment will consider all relevant impacts that arise from the new Code and will cover England, Scotland and Wales where the Code is going to apply


Further details will be set out in due course.


Written Question
Parking: Codes of Practice
Wednesday 8th March 2023

Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has undertaken a business impact assessment of the proposed changes to the Private Parking Code of Practice in (a) Rochford and Southend East constituency and (b) England.

Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch

The department is currently reviewing the levels of private parking charges and additional fees set out in the temporarily withdrawn Private Parking Code of Practice. As part of this review, we are carrying out an impact assessment and will consult before retaking new decisions on these elements of the Code.

The assessment will consider all relevant impacts that arise from the new Code and will cover England, Scotland and Wales where the Code is going to apply


Further details will be set out in due course.


Written Question
Sleeping Rough
Monday 21st November 2022

Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle rough sleeping.

Answered by Felicity Buchan

In September we published our ‘Ending Rough Sleeping for Good’ strategy, as part of our manifesto commitment to end rough sleeping within this parliament.

The Government will spend an unprecedented £2 billion over the next three years to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This will build on the success of Everyone In, which helped to protect thousands of vulnerable people during the pandemic.

This is in the context of significant economic challenges ahead and the Government is focused on getting the public finances on a sustainable footing whilst protecting the most vulnerable members in society.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Jun 2019
Social Housing

"My hon. Friend is entirely right in outlining my priority for building above the high street and in the area between Southend and Rochford, so long as we get the right infrastructure—the so-called outer relief road that would link Shoebury to the wonderful Southend airport and beyond. So long as …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Dec 2018
Southend Hospital

"rose—..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Dec 2018
Southend Hospital

"Apologies for not giving notice in the normal way, Mr Davies; my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West (Sir David Amess) did give me permission to speak in his debate.

The short version of my speech is “Thank you”—not to my hon. Friend, or to yourself, Mr Davies, but …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Sep 2018
Gypsies and Travellers

"Was there a case against the Irish option?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Apr 2018
Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

"I apologise for not being here for the whole debate, Madam Deputy Speaker—I have been chairing a Bill Committee. What my hon. Friend is saying is worrying me, because a problem of this nature may arise in Southend and we are running a fine budget. Has he quantified, by area, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Apr 2018
Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

"rose..."
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