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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"20. Which local authority service areas will no longer be weighted for deprivation following the fair funding review. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the Secretary of State agree to the Local Government Association’s calls for the Government to publish more of the analysis that has informed the fair funding review proposals?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"T5. Council tax arrears are a growing problem. In 2018, an estimated 2.2 million households were in arrears, and in 2016-17, people paid an estimated £129 million in bailiff fees and court costs on top of the arrears. As part of the review into council tax collection, will the Minister …..."
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Written Question
Council Tax: Arrears
Thursday 13th June 2019

Asked by: Yvonne Fovargue (Labour - Makerfield)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the increase in council tax arrears since 2014.

Answered by Rishi Sunak

Council tax arrears reported by local authorities in England for 2014-15 to 2017-18 can be found in Table 7 of the 'Collection rates for Council Tax and non-domestic rates in England' statistical release. The link to the latest table is https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743738/Table_7_2017-18_revised.xlsx.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 27 Mar 2019
Local Government Funding

"Will my hon. Friend join me in congratulating Wigan Council on winning council of the year? How much more it could have done had it not had its funding cut by £160 million...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Jan 2019
Holocaust Memorial Day

"It is a privilege to speak in this debate, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley North (Ian Austin) for his passionate and eloquent speech, and for the work he does throughout the year in rooting out antisemitism and combating it whenever he sees it. I pay …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Some debt collection practices, particularly the heavy-handed use of bailiffs, make matters worse, not better, so what is the Secretary of State doing to promote the recent Money Advice Service toolkit initiative? How is he making sure that the way council tax debt is collected does not lead to further …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Nov 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Trading standards are the foot soldiers in keeping the public from falling victim to unsafe goods, yet cuts to local authorities mean that trading standards budgets have fallen by more than 50% between 2009 and 2019, with a 56% reduction in the number of offices. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 09 Jul 2018
Draft West Of England Combined Authority (Business Rate Supplements Functions) Order 2018

"The Opposition have no objections to the order...."
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Written Question
Antisemitism
Monday 2nd July 2018

Asked by: Yvonne Fovargue (Labour - Makerfield)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the April 2018 final update to the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism, when he plans to hold the Departmental roundtable on concerns relating to the media which was agreed by his predecessor.

Answered by Nigel Adams

Following the ministerial roundtable with social media companies on 19 December 2017, it was agreed to host a similar roundtable with the print media. The roundtable will focus on the impact stories in the print media have on social media. Plans are already underway and the roundtable will be held before the end of the year.