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Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill

Debate on bills on Friday, 26 February 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Alistair Burt. The answering member was Barbara Follett.
Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill. Second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Public Bill Committee.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

506 c585-622 

Session

2009-10

Department

Department for Communities and Local Government

Legislative stage

Second reading

Procedure

Private members' bills proceedings

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill.
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Bills
House of Commons
Sustainable Communities Act 2007
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Public acts

Proceeding contributions

Barbara Follett | 506 c617-21 (Link to this contribution) I agree absolutely with the hon. Lady. We all recognise that terrier-like determination. All hon. Me...
Anne Milton | 506 c617 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister join me in acknowledging that Local Works has continued to work on this campaign? ...

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Barbara Follett | 506 c616-7 (Link to this contribution) It has been a privilege to take part in this debate and to work with the hon. Member for North-East ...
Christopher Chope | 506 c615-6 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that there is anything that a council cannot do already in terms of a local spending ...
Alistair Burt | 506 c622 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his kind remarks. He, too, has a good feel for and appreciation of ...
Alistair Burt | 506 c621-2 (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, Mr. Deputy Speaker, may I thank the Minister and both the other Front-B...
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 506 c622 (Link to this contribution) I have come back from my constituency, where I was visiting schools, to support my hon. Friend's Bil...
Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 506 c611-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. Does he deprecate, as I do, the fact that when the Gover...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c610-1 (Link to this contribution) I do not believe that my hon. Friend said that; he encouraged me to talk about the importance of loc...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c612-3 (Link to this contribution) Again I concur with my hon. Friend, and perhaps the Minister might address that point. I shall press...
Christopher Chope | 506 c613 (Link to this contribution) I have always been a great supporter of my hon. Friend the Member for Braintree (Mr. Newmark) and I ...
Christopher Chope | 506 c613-5 (Link to this contribution) No, I will not, because he has already spoken for an hour and I wish to make a few brief remarks. It...
Christopher Chope | 506 c615 (Link to this contribution) I shall briefly indulge my hon. Friend on the Front Bench.
Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 506 c615 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, I pay tribute to my hon. Friend's long service in local government and to the House. Sure...
Peter Bottomley | 506 c591 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has kindly quoted the Local Government Association's support, and earlier he referred...
Alistair Burt | 506 c589-91 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend cites an admirable example of local community involvement provoking a change to what ...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c589 (Link to this contribution) May I give another excellent example of that? The Government sought to close a series of rural post ...
Alistair Burt | 506 c585-9 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I have great pleasure in presenting this Bi...
Alistair Burt | 506 c591-4 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. I made a reference to the campaigners at the beginning of my speech, but I am happy to reite...
Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 506 c594-8 (Link to this contribution) It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hereford (Mr. Keetch), who was having trouble ...
Paul Keetch | 506 c594 (Link to this contribution) I will not detain the House long, because there is broad consensual support for the excellent work o...
Christopher Chope | 506 c601 (Link to this contribution) Earlier, my hon. Friend gave the example of Essex county council intervening to help post offices. T...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c601 (Link to this contribution) Not only is it complementary, it is truly within the spirit of what people in our constituencies say...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c602 (Link to this contribution) I sense my hon. Friend's concerns from noises off, suggesting that he has strong feelings about this...
Alistair Burt | 506 c600 (Link to this contribution) Parish plans, through which people become involved in shaping the future of their community, are a w...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c598-600 (Link to this contribution) In the dying days of this Parliament, we are all keen to leave the country in a better condition tha...
Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 506 c601 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that our party's commitment to repatriate regeneration moneys, regional sp...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c600-1 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I have been to a number of villages in the north of the con...
Barbara Follett | 506 c602 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman, who is anything but a monkey. It is the Government's intention to move ...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c602-3 (Link to this contribution) I hope that when the Minister comes to deliver her winding-up speech, she will address the concerns ...
Alistair Burt | 506 c602 (Link to this contribution) If my hon. Friend the Member for Braintree (Mr. Newmark) is feeling generous, he might give way to t...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c602 (Link to this contribution) Indeed; I shall give way from the monkey to the organ-grinder.
Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 506 c603 (Link to this contribution) I hope that I am not pre-empting the Minister, but does my hon. Friend agree that the Government cou...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c603-5 (Link to this contribution) And certainly before the general election—whenever it is called. The diktat of top-down, one-size-f...
Alistair Burt | 506 c602 (Link to this contribution) I understand the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Mr. Chope), but I hope th...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c602 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's point, but I do not believe that either my hon. Friend the Member for ...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c609-10 (Link to this contribution) Notwithstanding the continual enthusiasm of Braintree district council, I accept my hon. Friend's po...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c610 (Link to this contribution) Let me finish my paragraph, and then I shall give way. Given the current levels of disillusionment ...
Douglas Carswell | 506 c610 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has spoken eloquently about the need to restore faith in our democracy. Does he agree...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c610 (Link to this contribution) I have no idea what my hon. Friend is talking about, unless he is referring to his own Bill. Earlier...
Alistair Burt | 506 c605 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will know that there has been much debate about the content and form of local spendin...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c605-6 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, particularly in these times when transparency has been a bi...
Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 506 c606-7 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend share my view that the undertaking our party has made to keep the needs test for...
Brooks Newmark | 506 c607-9 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, but people shop at these big stores because they like to go...
Anne Milton | 506 c609 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that it is rare to see "councils" and "enthusiasm" in the same sentence? T...
Christopher Chope | 506 c602 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that one consequence of the implementation of clause 1 would be to give th...

Subjects

Community development
Cooperation
Local government
Powers
Public participation
Parish and town councils
Local Government Association
Urban areas
Regeneration

Legislation

Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill 2009-10

Link

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