Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]

May I say how pleasing it is to hear us debating this Bill yet again, as we did in Committee when...

I thank the hon. Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern) for tabling the new clause and congrat...

I am proposing some action that the Minister can take this afternoon. He could tell us whether he...

I expect—in fact, the Government require—all employers to pay at least the national living wage. ...

I really must draw the Minister back. This is not a matter of party politicking; this is about wh...

As I said, the Government’s policy is already for a national living wage. That is Government poli...

Will the Minister give way?

I will give way to the right hon. Gentleman one final time.

I am grateful, but if the Minister refuses to answer the substance of the argument, I will keep s...

I have no reason to respond to the right hon. Gentleman’s comments. I have a regular and very con...

Having listened to the case made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (L...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

I am tempted to engage the House in a...

Does my hon. Friend agree that, given that coronavirus is currently so job-destroying, the Govern...

My hon. Friend pre-empts what I am about to say. She is absolutely right, and of course as an exp...

I hope the Minister is going to accept this suggestion, but if he does not it would be helpful if...

I thank my hon. Friend. I trust that the Minister was listening carefully and will respond to tha...

I have been listening carefully to what the hon. Member is saying, and I am trying to understand ...

On the face of it, the hon. Member makes an argument that is understandable, in that taxes might ...

Does my hon. Friend accept that it might help to burden-share across the region, so that local co...

My hon. Friend, with her experience, makes a very good argument: it is important that we spread t...

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If Members want to make arguments against taxation, who am I to stop them?

Prior to entering the House, I was the president of the Greater Birmingham chambers of commerce—<...

And a very good one too!

I appreciate the positive remarks. I can assure you that no business in the tourism and hospitali...

Order. We really must not refer to individuals as “you”. You can refer to the hon. Lady or shadow...

I realised that as soon as I said it, so I appreciate that intervention.

The hon. Member ha...

I welcome the hon. Member to the House. He has worked in the service of a city and a region of ou...

Sometimes it helps to read the clause. If a £1 per night levy will be a significant deterrent for...

In my experience, it has not. My right hon. Friend makes an extraordinarily good point. What I th...

Will the shadow Minister give way?

I will in a moment. Just let me finish responding to my right hon. Friend, although the enthusias...

I get the point about councils needing the budget to do things, but Birmingham has proved itself ...

I am sure that that intervention would be excellent content in a party political leaflet, but it ...

The point was made that the levy is a small amount of money, but there is an administrative cost ...

I am sure the hon. Lady wants to defend hotels and tourism, as I do, but I simply make the point ...

Is my hon. Friend aware that the Birmingham Hippodrome made significant job cuts this week, that ...

I was not aware of the specifics, though it is no surprise to me, because I am aware of the situa...

I, too, wish to speak in support of new clause 2; we would be content this afternoon with a commi...

On the point of commitment, it is cheap to try to bring coronavirus into this, given that we were...

I can scarcely believe what I have heard this afternoon. This council has had its budged halved b...

My right hon. Friend is making some excellent arguments. Does he remember that during the London ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It could be that the Minister has a better plan, in which cas...

We have discussed the issue of a hotel tax at great length during the Bill’s passage, but may I f...

I want to stop the Minister at that point. He mentions the relative investment of the Treasury an...

I do not believe that the proposal should be taken forward for a variety of reasons. The discussi...

I respect the economic argument that the Minister tries to make, but the proposal is for a pilot ...

I will come on to the financial contributions in a moment.

The new clause would or could in...

Thanks to the miracle of modern technology, I have managed to elicit a direct response from the f...

I thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention and look forward to his contribution on Third ...

I thank the Minister for his comments, but as one of my hon. Friends has just pointed out, £1 is ...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

We are moving at speed today. I wo...

I thank my hon. Friend for bringing the Bill back to the House, and for talking about the legacy ...

My hon. Friend makes a very important point. Indeed, all stakeholders, but I have to say Andy Str...

I thank the Minister for his comments. It has been a joy to be a part of this Bill, even if only ...

Like Scousers.

Yes, nearly as good as Scousers. Birmingham is a fantastic place that I am only sorry I am unable...

I will start where the hon. Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern) finished, but before I do I...

That was a fantastic defence of the Mayor, and it only lacks the very best wishes conveyed to the...

It is extremely decent of the right hon. Gentleman, given his current position, to send his best ...

What a marvellous opportunity to follow a marvellous speech, which I felt hit almost all the righ...

Following on from what my right hon. Friend and the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mi...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that is the second big point I want to make. This i...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrne). I find ...

Like so many of my west midlands colleagues, I am incredibly proud that we have such a high-profi...

I want to begin by saying that I welcome the measures in the Bill. It has always been important t...

This is a debate of many firsts. It is the first I have sat in with my right hon. Friend the Memb...

Is my hon. Friend aware that the police and crime commissioner is also trying to close the police...

I am indeed, and I am very aware of the campaign that my right hon. Friend has been running to ke...

And Shropshire.

And Shropshire, of course, as my hon. Friend says. These games present a fantastic opportunity. I...

It is tough to follow a barnstorming performance such as that, but it is a pleasure to speak in a...

I am delighted to follow my hon. Friends, who are vocal champions for the west midlands, and part...

It gives me great pleasure to follow my Dudley borough and Black Country colleagues. I thank the ...

We will now have a three-minute suspension of the House in order to allow Members to safely leave...