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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Dec 2021
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Dec 2021
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)

"I wish to follow up on the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Garston and Halewood. Clearly, the Bill will apply only from the date that it receives Royal Assent. Is the Minister concerned that some developers that have acted in unscrupulous ways that the Bill is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Sep 2021
East Midlands Economy

"I have to confess that I am a little confused by the hon. Gentleman’s reaction to the intervention by my hon. Friend the Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins). Is he suggesting that the connectivity that the HS2 eastern leg would provide—not just a station at Toton, but the fast connections …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Sep 2021
East Midlands Economy

"The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful argument for more powers and more funding for the region. I know that there is an appetite for people to have more control over those sorts of investments, but this happens in a context of national policy. In his own constituency, more than …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Sep 2021
East Midlands Economy

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David.

I congratulate the hon. Member for Mansfield (Ben Bradley) on securing this debate. I am pleased to see that so many colleagues wish to take part. My hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham North (Alex Norris) was disappointed not …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Sep 2021
East Midlands Economy

"I was listening carefully to what the Minister said about levelling up. He has heard how the east midlands receives lower than average Government investment in a whole range of areas, including transport. Is it his Government’s intention to address that shortfall? When he talks about the levelling-up fund being …..."
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Written Question
Recreation Spaces
Thursday 25th March 2021

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which Minister has responsibility for parks and green spaces.

Answered by Luke Hall

Parks and green spaces share joint responsibility between the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs. MHCLG is responsible for urban parks and green spaces and the responsible minister is Luke Hall MP. The DEFRA minister responsible for green spaces is Rebecca Pow MP and Lord Gardiner is responsible for country parks.

Written Question
Parks
Thursday 25th March 2021

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many joint meetings the cross-departmental working group and park sector group have had; and what the outcomes of those meetings were.

Answered by Luke Hall

The Parks Action Group has met four times since its inception in 2017. These meetings led to the development of a workplan that focused on: funding; quality standards; a shared vision for the futures of parks (including establishing a robust picture of their benefits); empowering local communities involvement and improving equitable access.

MHCLG provided £500,000 to support sector-led initiatives including:

  • Appointment of the Parks Action Group Coordinator.
  • Joint research delivered by APSE and academics ‘21stCentury Parks’ which aims to identify the knowledge and skills of existing park managers.
  • New Policy Institute research exploring parks funding, new funding models and to identify good practice:
  • Public Health England and Natural England research on accessibility of green spaces:
  • The Natural England Green Infrastructure project to improve benchmarking on standards for green spaces:
  • Locality and National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces Empowerment Programme
  • Skills: Using the 21stCentury Parks research mentioned above, the Skills Task & Finish group are developing a competency framework to form a greenprint for the parks profession.
Written Question
Recreation Spaces: Facilities
Wednesday 24th March 2021

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate (a) staffing, (b) toilets and (c) other facilities are provided at parks and green spaces.

Answered by Luke Hall

The Government has set up the Future Parks Accelerator, which is a joint National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Trust programme to support a cohort of eight local authority areas to transform their parks estates, testing and learning from new and innovative models of parks management and funding to create more sustainable parks estates for the future.

The learning from the programme will be shared widely across the parks sector.

Written Question
Parks: Finance
Wednesday 24th March 2021

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure sufficient funding is provided to maintain parks to the Government standard set out in the Green Flag Award.

Answered by Luke Hall

The Green Flag Awards scheme recognises and rewards well managed parks and green spaces by setting a benchmark standard for the management of recreational outdoor spaces across the UK and internationally.

The Government announced in September 2020 a £40 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund in England as part of the Government’s wider green economic recovery, jobs and skills package, bringing forward funding for environmental charities and their partners to start work on projects across England to restore nature and tackle climate change.

The fund will help create up to 3,000 jobs and safeguard up to 2,000 others in areas such as protecting species, finding nature-based solutions to tackling climate change, conservation rangers and connecting people with nature. Up to 100% of project costs will be available whilst delivering against the goals of the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan.