Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill

rose—

I give way first to my hon. Friend the Member for Calder Valley (Craig Whittaker).

If local authorities already have provision to vary parking charges, which I know they do from my...

I certainly will. I now give way to my hon. Friend the Member for South East Cornwall (Mrs Murray...

We have seen parking charges in Cornwall increase constantly over the past three or four years. W...

I say to my hon. Friend the Member for South East Cornwall that I hope I will satisfy her concern...

Will my hon. Friend clarify whom local authorities will have to consult? Will the consultations b...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend because her question will help to flesh out my speech. The Under-...

I welcome my hon. Friend’s Bill. Does he agree that it will make it much easier for councils to r...

I was astonished when I looked into this matter that that was not already in a council’s portfoli...

My hon. Friend is painting a fantastic picture of his town of Hinckley. If his Bill goes through,...

I have to say to the House that I did not connive with my hon. Friend before this debate, but she...

I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which notes that I am a serv...

The hon. Gentleman is obviously basing a lot of what he is saying on his experience in his consti...

I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. It is important to recognise that no two areas are t...

I think the hon. Gentleman has completely misunderstood what I was saying. It is the local author...

I thank the hon. Lady for raising what is turning this into a bit of a Committee debate about car...

I do not quite agree with what the hon. Gentleman says about councils not using car parking as a ...

The subtlety of my speech may have left hon. Members behind, so let me go back to what I said. We...

If the Bill is fortunate enough to make it into Committee, I give the hon. Gentleman an assurance...

I appreciate that commitment. I should say that I am coming at this with a number of different ex...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bosworth (David Tredinnick), who is my constituency ...

I understand my hon. Friend’s longing for his neighbour to do well in the Great British High Stre...

My hon. Friend tempts me to support Hebden Bridge. I certainly support the people of Hebden Bridg...

I cannot let this moment pass without saying that, although the towns and villages in my constitu...

My hon. Friend makes a timely intervention because today is what is now called “Black Friday”, wh...

Has my hon. Friend seen situations similar to those in some of my local car parks, where charges ...

My hon. Friend is a powerful advocate for her area. I talked about my postbag; I know that she ha...

This topic affects anybody who drives into a town centre or a car park owned by a council. Does t...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. A question often asked, in this House and in the country,...

With 30 years of retail experience, I know that car parking charges can be good for the high stre...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend, who has tremendous experience in this area and very much ...

I want to give a quick plug to Small Business Saturday, which is a week tomorrow, and is importan...

I thank my hon. Friend and South Ribble Borough Council, which is obviously thinking very careful...

Whenever I have got to my feet in this House over the years, I have always tried to keep in the b...