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Written Question
National Residential Landlords Association
Thursday 22nd June 2023

Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what meetings he had with the National Residential Landlords Association in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch

Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on Gov.uk, including details of the topic discussed.

Written Question
Tenants' Associations
Thursday 22nd June 2023

Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what meetings he had with tenants unions and associations in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch

Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on Gov.uk, including details of the topic discussed.

Written Question
Local Government: Pay Settlements
Tuesday 20th June 2023

Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Local Government Association and (b) council leaders on Unite the Union's pay dispute in respect of the pay offer for local government employees.

Answered by Lee Rowley

Detailed employment matters such as pay are for local authorities, as independent employers, to determine through the usual processes. It is the responsibility of employers to make an assessment of what is affordable within the overall available resources. Ministers do not have a formal role in such matters.

Employers do of course have to pay the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage. We recognise that pay and wages are one of a number of inflationary pressures facing local government. The government made significant additional resources available for local government at the autumn statement. The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 made available substantial additional funding for local government in England. This boost in funding demonstrates how Government stands behind councils up and down the country.

As negotiations continue, the department continues to monitor the issue through regular engagement with the Local Government Association and routine engagement with councils.

Speech in General Committees - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2022 Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 Draft Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022

"I am pleased to serve under your leadership of the Committee, Mrs Murray. I rise briefly to raise a couple of points about the provisions.

These are quite ingenious ways of moving from one system of voting to another, and the details are extremely complicated to follow. However, there are …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2022 Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 Draft Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022

"Let me just make the second point, and then the hon. Gentleman can come in.

I am not looking only at Labour Mayors; Andy Street in the West Midlands received 48% of the vote on a 31% turnout, but the truth is that, of the total number of people who …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2022 Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 Draft Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022

"I will give way with pleasure...."
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2022 Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 Draft Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022

"I will come to precisely that point. I was the leader of a great council—Leeds City Council—for almost 10 years under Mrs Thatcher and then under John Major’s premiership. I was elected under first past the post, but we had a parliamentary system, as we do here. The Prime Minister …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"I support the amendments in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck). This debate has illustrated a central defect in the Bill, to which I will return when I address clause 1.

People going hungry is clearly a product of 10 to 12 years …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"rose—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"Why would someone not speak up for local communities against a Government making mistaken decisions? Why on earth should that be a bad thing?..."
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