Mon 15th Dec 2008:

Housing: Low Incomes | Communities and Local Government | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities (a) have retained direct ownership and management of their social housing stock, (b) have...

Waste Management: Fly Tipping | Environment Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to allow landowners to take fly-tipped waste to local authority...

Wed 10th Dec 2008:

Utilities | Duchy of Lancaster | Written Answers.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the average quarterly household expenditure on electricity, gas and other fuels was in each region in England in each year since 1997.

Green Belt | Communities and Local Government | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many acres of greenbelt land there were in each region in England in each year since 1997.

Mon 8th Dec 2008:

Employment, Universities and Skills and Housing | Business of the House | Commons debates.

My hon. Friend raises a very important point about rents. Is she not surprised that while the Government have gone to great lengths to declare their desire to assist people who are struggling to...

Rents | Communities and Local Government | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) mean and (b) median monthly expenditure on private rent after deduction of housing benefit was of (i) all private...

Mortgages | Communities and Local Government | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) mean and (b) median monthly mortgage payments were (a) for all households and (b) for households at each level of...

Housing: Overcrowding | Communities and Local Government | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what percentage of households of each (a) type of tenure, (b) size, (c) income level and (d) ethnicity in each...

Wed 26th Nov 2008:

Emergency Debate - Pre-Budget Report | Points of Order | Commons debates.

My hon. Friend is making a clear case to show that, at the top end of the scale, those on high incomes are able to get around tax changes, whereas for those at the bottom end, council tax and the...

Local Government Finance Settlement | Oral Answers to Questions - Prime Minister | Commons debates.

May I thank the Minister for advance sight of the statement? Much of it is as we expected, not least because this is year two of the three-year settlement announced last year, but council tax...

Tue 25th Nov 2008:

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] - Fire Services (Hertfordshire) | Westminster Hall debates.

For a lot of people, the fundamental confusion arising from the system of local government funding is due to the fact that in a lot of cases about 80 per cent. of what is spent is provided by...

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] - Fire Services (Hertfordshire) | Westminster Hall debates.

I absolutely agree that we need a fairer, more transparent system. That requires fundamental changes to how local taxation is raised and spent, which is why the Liberal Democrats have been...

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] - Fire Services (Hertfordshire) | Westminster Hall debates.

That review is long overdue. For councils that are bumping along the floor, it has continued to cause significant difficulties. I can say that, too, from the experience in my constituency. In...

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] - Fire Services (Hertfordshire) | Westminster Hall debates.

The hon. Lady is absolutely right. Flooding seems to be an ever-increasing concern, which I know from my fire service's experience in Boscastle. The flooding there was probably the most...

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] - Fire Services (Hertfordshire) | Westminster Hall debates.

I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for St. Albans (Anne Main) on securing the debate, which is timely, given the recent national lobby. Fire services throughout the country will be listening...

Mon 24th Nov 2008:

Clause 5 - National policy statements | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

To follow what the hon. Member for Pudsey (Mr. Truswell) has said, Lords amendments Nos. 2 and 8 concede an important principle, concession on which we struggled to get in this place and had to...

Clause 5 - National policy statements | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

Perhaps the hon. Gentleman could enlighten us as to which legislation he lifted that wording, so that the Minister can go away and double-check that the other legislation is untested.

Clause 207 - CIL regulations: general | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

No, not a veto. I just think it is appropriate that the treatment of regulations made under the Bill should be consistent with the treatment of other regulations. The House of Lords has a right...

Clause 207 - CIL regulations: general | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

We Liberal Democrats welcome Lords amendment No. 160, which improves the Bill by seeking to reassert the role of the other place. It is a matter of great regret that the Government are attempting...

Planning Bill | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

In too many cases, it seems that the wishes of the local community are being undermined by the Bill, yet it is an opportunity to promote them. The Minister is in denial about the scale of the...

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