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Local Government White Paper

Ministerial statement on Thursday, 26 October 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Ruth Kelly.
Statement on the Local Government White Paper (Cm 6939).

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Reference

450 c1657-74 

Session

2005-06

Department

Department for Communities and Local Government

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Strong and prosperous communities: the local government white paper in 2 volumes.
Thursday, 26 October 2006
Command papers
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Caroline Spelman | 450 c1659-61 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Lady for letting me have a copy of the White Paper in advance. I have had jus...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1661-2 (Link to this contribution) For a moment, I thought that the hon. Lady might have welcomed the Government’s proposals to recast ...

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Ruth Kelly | 450 c1663-5 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that the hon. Gentleman welcomes many of the proposals in the White Paper, even if he too ...
Nick Raynsford | 450 c1666 (Link to this contribution) In welcoming today’s statement, may I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the progress made—in the ...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1666 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his comments. I know how personally committed he is to this agenda ...
Peter Soulsby | 450 c1665 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, particularly her evident commitment to further em...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1665 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend—having previously led Leicester city council, he has considerable experience ...
Brian Binley | 450 c1665 (Link to this contribution) Frankly, that was rather like watching the spectacle of an elephant giving birth to a mouse. Local g...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1665-6 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has clearly not read the comments of his local government colleagues and has fail...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1657-9 (Link to this contribution) We will cut that figure to 200 indicators with around 35 targets, plus statutory education and child...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1657 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the future of local government. L...
Speaker | 450 c1657 (Link to this contribution) Order. Let the Secretary of State make the statement.
Lord Lilley | 450 c1670-1 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree that one of the greatest restrictions on local accountability, pri...
Andy Slaughter | 450 c1671 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her statement. Continued improvement in performance must be t...
Tom Levitt | 450 c1670 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s recognition of the role of councillors as community champions and t...
Speaker | 450 c1672 (Link to this contribution) Order. At this late stage, one point would be fine.
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 450 c1672-3 (Link to this contribution) I too welcome the statement from my right hon. Friend. I hope that she will agree that the investmen...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1672 (Link to this contribution) Local authorities already have huge planning powers. For instance, some have managed, through their ...
Julia Goldsworthy | 450 c1671 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State talked about providing freedoms to local authorities, but what real opportuni...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1672 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. He has huge experience as a local councillor, and as chair ...
Neil Turner | 450 c1671-2 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the White Paper, which amounts to a step change in the relationship between central ...
Alison Seabeck | 450 c1674 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the White Paper and its focus on strengthening the role of local councillors and on strong...
Andrew Gwynne | 450 c1673 (Link to this contribution) I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Interests. Given that so much o...
Stephen Hammond | 450 c1674 (Link to this contribution) Like my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton, South (Mr. Binley), I suspect that those of us who h...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1667 (Link to this contribution) I am talking about central Government agreeing with local government and its partners what the targe...
Speaker | 450 c1668 (Link to this contribution) Order. It is not the place of the hon. Member for Beckenham (Mrs. Lait) to shout across the Chamber ...
Ken Purchase | 450 c1666-7 (Link to this contribution) Your power to surprise, Mr. Speaker, never ceases to amaze! I also welcome the White Paper, which I...
Mike Hancock | 450 c1667 (Link to this contribution) Having spent 36 years in local government, I welcome any attempt by any Government to give back to l...
Lord Cormack | 450 c1666 (Link to this contribution) Having heard what the Secretary of State said on the ““Today”” programme and her statement to the Ho...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1669 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree with my hon. Friend. He is right to say that we must go with the grain of partner...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1668 (Link to this contribution) I can give my hon. Friend that assurance. All local partners will be asked to work to the same local...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1670 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. The LSP, which brings together local partners, business representatives and...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1671 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that I have been able to give the right hon. Gentleman a degree of confidence that we are ...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1671 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right that the Government should be able to agree key requirements with a local ar...
Speaker | 450 c1671 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think that the Secretary of State has got the drift of the argument.
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1670 (Link to this contribution) I have had months of discussion with local government partners through the LGA and the different pol...
Lord Young of Cookham | 450 c1670 (Link to this contribution) In her statement, the Secretary of State said that communities must have a bigger say in the issues ...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1670 (Link to this contribution) When the right hon. Gentleman has the chance to read the White Paper, he will see that the Highways ...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1673 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for her questions, and she will be able to examine the invitation to councils...
Andrew Selous | 450 c1672 (Link to this contribution) In her statement, the Secretary of State said that councillors should be able to sort out planning i...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1671 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the hon. Lady is labouring under a misapprehension about the proposals in the White...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1674 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important point. The presumption will be that leaders are elected with a fo...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1673-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. There must be accountability in the provision of...
Bernard Jenkin | 450 c1673 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State spoke about listening to local people, but I remind her of the result of the ...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1667-8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman asks a series of questions and I shall try to deal with them. He is right to say ...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1667 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his comments and hope that, after he has read the White Paper in full, he...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1666 (Link to this contribution) I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman. There are local choices about which model to adopt and counc...
Jeff Ennis | 450 c1669-70 (Link to this contribution) What discussions has my right hon. Friend had with the Local Government Association in anticipation ...
Nick Hurd | 450 c1669 (Link to this contribution) What consequences will the White Paper have for how and when legislation will be introduced to trans...
Richard Burden | 450 c1669 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the White Paper’s commitment to extending devolution, but may I draw my right hon. Friend’...
David Curry | 450 c1668 (Link to this contribution) It is good to have a White Paper with the subtitle ““repentance”” that includes, not least, the dism...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1668-9 (Link to this contribution) Of course what we need is a balanced diet, not indigestion. The White Paper sets out sensible propos...
Diana Johnson | 450 c1668 (Link to this contribution) Will the White Paper extend and strengthen the duties of local authorities and primary care trusts t...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1674 (Link to this contribution) I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman does not agree with fellow councillors up and down the countr...
Ruth Kelly | 450 c1673 (Link to this contribution) I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman focuses on having referendums up and down the country, as reg...
Lord Stunell | 450 c1662-3 (Link to this contribution) The Liberal Democrats welcome the White Paper, and I am pleased that the Secretary of State came to ...

Subjects

Accountability
Councillors
Local government
Local government services
Public participation
Local government executive
Standards
Reform
Unitary councils

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