Legislation
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
“They had no choice!…”
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Kevin Hollinrake
Shadow Minister without Portfolio
ConservativeMP for Thirsk and Malton
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Legislation
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
“May I thank the Minister for all his hard work? He is an incredibly decent and polite man. He may be misguided at times, but we cannot agree on everything. I thank him and his team for all their work, and I thank my shadow ministerial team …”
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Legislation
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
“Tomorrow.…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Chinese Embassy Development
“I thank my right honourable Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for securing this very important urgent question. Question after question, and letter after letter, the Government have consistently trea…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Birmingham: Waste Collection
“(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government if she will make a statement on the disruption to waste collection and the deployment of the military in Birmingham.…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Horizon Redress and Post Office Update
“I thank the Minister for his statement, and for advance sight of it. I also thank the campaigners on this issue, with whom I worked for more than five years—both as a Back Bencher and as a Front Bencher—and, indeed, I thank Lord Beamish and…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Scunthorpe Steelworks
“I thank my honourable Friend the Member for Brigg and Immingham (Martin Vickers) and Rob Waltham, our excellent candidate for Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, for their engagement and work on this issue. Despite repeatedly promising to protec…”
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Legislation
Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
“I thank their noble lordships for their diligent further consideration of the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill and for the new amendments they have passed to address their concerns with the legislation. These chang…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Birmingham City Council
“I thank the Minister for advance sight of the statement. I am sure that the fact that both my right honourable Friend the Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell) and I tabled an urgent question on this issue played a part in the Minister …”
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Legislation
Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (changed to Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers) Bill)
“On a point of detail, the Minister says the Bill is a “first step”, so will there be further reforms, following these reforms, to the rest of the business rates system to meet his manifesto commitment to replace the current business rates s…”
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Legislation
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
“I am pleased to lead the response on behalf of the Opposition, and I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which includes more than 30 years of business experience and interest in the proper…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Plan for Neighbourhoods
“Value for money.…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Housing, Communities and Local Government
“The Minister mentions local government reorganisation. On 5 February, the Deputy Prime Minister stated: “We are postponing elections for one year, from May 2025 to May 2026” —[ Official Report , 5 February 2025; Vol. 761, c. 767.] but on 17…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 Report
“May I thank the Deputy Prime Minister for advance sight of her statement and the Government’s response to the phase 2 report? I echo the Deputy Prime Minister’s sentiments, which are shared across the House. The tragedy of Grenfell, which c…”
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Debate
Local Government Finance
“May I first put on record my admiration for the fine work of councils, councillors and officers right across the country? That work is often carried out at the most challenging times against a backdrop of real financial pressures on those l…”
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Debate
Police Grant Report
“Utter rubbish.…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: English Devolution and Local Government
“I thank the Secretary of State for her statement, and for giving me advance sight of it. Although we support the principle of devolving power to local areas, we are totally against the Secretary of State’s plans to abolish every county coun…”
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Debate
Holocaust Memorial Day
“It is my privilege and solemn duty to open this debate on behalf of the Opposition. I thank the Minister for his very thoughtful remarks. The theme of this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day, “For a better future”, encourages us to reflect on th…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Housing, Communities and Local Government
“The increase in housing delivery that the Secretary of State is committed to requires a 50% uplift across the board in housing numbers, yet according to the House of Commons Library, urban and major conurbations have seen an increase of 17%…”
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Legislation
Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
“I thank the Minister, and indeed my shadow Ministers, the other Opposition spokespeople and all parliamentarians who have helped with the passage of the Bill, as well as the Clerks and officials—not that I would like to see the Bill progres…”
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Legislation
Renters’ Rights Bill
“I draw the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. It is not wrong, spurious or specious to stand up for 11 million tenants. We know that tenants and landlords are two sides of the same coin. As the Leader of the …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement
“Birmingham.…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Building Homes
“I thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. First, I welcome the ambitious target of 1.5 million homes in this Parliament. I think he may have unintentionally misled the House regarding the “dire inheritance” that he claims. Co…”
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Debate
Planning Committees: Reform
“That is not true.…”
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Legislation
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
“The Minister mentions business rates and the small business multiplier. Will she confirm the continuation of small business rates relief for the rest of this Parliament?…”
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Debate
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
“The Grenfell Tower fire was an unthinkable tragedy that claimed 72 lives. It is one of the few moments in life when we all remember exactly where we were when it happened. Our thoughts are with those who lost loved ones, the survivors who e…”
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Legislation
Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
“Will the Minister confirm the continuation of small business rates relief for the rest of this Parliament?…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Budget: Implications for Farming Communities
“The Minister talks about the transition. I talked to my farmers in Bedale on Friday, and the only transition they can see is the transition from family farms to the state. Does he realise that the farming industry is one of the least profit…”
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Legislation
Employment Rights Bill
“I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House notes the balanced reforms made by previous Conservative governments to improve workers’ rights, including the National Living Wage, the pr…”
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Debate
International Investment Summit
“Hear, hear.…”
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