Opposition day on Wednesday, 28 March 2018, in the House of Commons, led by Andrew Gwynne. The answering member was Sajid Javid.

Local Government Funding

Unallotted opposition day debate (part one). Agreed to on division (238 to 0).

Secondary information

Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 638 cc795-845
Session: 2017-19
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Opposition Day debate: Local government funding
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
Research briefings; Local Government Finance: Response to the Resolution of the House, 28th March 2018
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Written statements
House of Commons; Local Government Finance: Response to the Resolution of the House, 28th March 2018
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Written statements
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Andrew Gwynne | 638 c795 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move,
That this House believes that local government has severely suffered as a re...; Wes Streeting | 638 c795 (Link to this contribution)
In May, I will cease to be a councillor after eight years as a member of Redbridge London Borough...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c796 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Of course, part of the reason—two sides of the same coin—is t...; Marcus Jones | 638 c796 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c796 (Link to this contribution)
I will give way in a moment, but I am responding to my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (W...; Marcus Jones | 638 c796 (Link to this contribution)
I remind the hon. Gentleman that council tax is less in real terms than it was in 2010. Does he n...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c796 (Link to this contribution)
And I remind the hon. Gentleman that council spending has been less in real terms since 2010. In ...; Catherine West | 638 c796 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that particularly perturbing are the ...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c796 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right: if ever cuts had consequences, they manifest themselves in th...; John Stevenson | 638 c796 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c796 (Link to this contribution)
Not just yet, as I am still answering my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Cathe...; John Stevenson | 638 c797 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Maria Caulfield | 638 c797 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c797 (Link to this contribution)
No, I will make a bit of progress. [Interruption.] I have taken three or four interventions alrea...; Maria Caulfield | 638 c797 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c797 (Link to this contribution)
I will just move on. The fact is that since 2010, local government has borne the brunt of the pub...; Ranil Jayawardena | 638 c797 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c797 (Link to this contribution)
I will not—[Interruption.] If the hon. Gentleman cannot think of his own intervention without the...; 638 c797 (Link to this contribution); Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 638 c797 (Link to this contribution)
Order. The hon. Gentleman will give way if he wishes to, but we must hear his speech.; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c797 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Metropolitan district councils have seen a reduction in spending...; Huw Merriman | 638 c797 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c797 (Link to this contribution)
I will, if the hon. Gentleman can defend closing 600 youth centres.; Huw Merriman | 638 c797 (Link to this contribution)
It is all well and good for the hon. Gentleman to talk about the difficulties from 2010, but the ...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c798 (Link to this contribution)
As I say, I was a councillor for 12 years, 11 of which were under a Labour Government, and we had...; Emma Hardy | 638 c798 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c798 (Link to this contribution)
I will.; Emma Hardy | 638 c798 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and for his excellent speech—[Interruption.] No, I feel tha...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c798 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right to be angry. When the public watching this debate see Tory MPs laughing, ...; Wera Hobhouse | 638 c798 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way, because this is an important debate. Yes, the Liberal ...; Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 638 c798 (Link to this contribution)
Order. The Speaker referred to this the other day: we really must not use the word “you.” Hon. Me...; Wera Hobhouse | 638 c798 (Link to this contribution)
I apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker. Those on the Government Benches should understand what we are ...; James Cartlidge | 638 c798 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 638 c798 (Link to this contribution)
Order. That is a very long intervention. I call Andrew Gwynne.; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c798 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) is right that these cut...; Maria Caulfield | 638 c799 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c799 (Link to this contribution)
I will.; Maria Caulfield | 638 c799 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way; he is very generous. I understand his call for more fu...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c799 (Link to this contribution)
Because it is a fact that the local government finance settlement went nowhere near the gaps that...; Marcus Jones | 638 c799 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c799 (Link to this contribution)
Well, if the hon. Gentleman can say where the extra £1.7 billion that has been cut from children’...; Marcus Jones | 638 c799 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is critical of outsourcing, but can he say whether he ever supported or endors...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c799 (Link to this contribution)
The fact is that—[Hon. Members: “Yes or no?”] The fact is that the privatisation of our council s...; 638 c799 (Link to this contribution); Andrew Gwynne | 638 c799 (Link to this contribution)
I will give way to the hon. Member for Carlisle (John Stevenson), who has been so patiently bobbi...; John Stevenson | 638 c800 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way so generously. In Cumbria we had the opportuni...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c800 (Link to this contribution)
Of course, the hon. Gentleman did not want to tell me where the £1.7 billion for the shortfall in...; Ruth Cadbury | 638 c800 (Link to this contribution)
Like my hon. Friend, I too was a councillor—for 25 years. Does he agree that the removal and slow...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c800 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We had numerous debates in the Parliament from 2010 to 2015 a...; 638 c800 (Link to this contribution); Andrew Gwynne | 638 c800 (Link to this contribution)
I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Emma Hardy) again...; Emma Hardy | 638 c800 (Link to this contribution)
One of the issues facing our schools is the number of children attending who are not classified a...; James Cartlidge | 638 c801 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Emma Hardy | 638 c801 (Link to this contribution)
That is because of the lack of support for children from health visitors and Sure Start services....; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c801 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that is the short-term approach of this Government and th...; James Cartlidge | 638 c801 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c801 (Link to this contribution)
I will give way to the hon. Gentleman, as he keeps trying to intervene on interventions.; James Cartlidge | 638 c801 (Link to this contribution)
When interventions transmute into speeches, some of us get a little frustrated. The point is that...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c801 (Link to this contribution)
I will take no lectures from a Member who voted to cut the bank levy by £5 billion. I politely po...; Sajid Javid | 638 c801 (Link to this contribution)
I will tell him.; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c801 (Link to this contribution)
The Secretary of State says he will tell me. I am glad that he is looking into Labour policy deve...; James Cartlidge | 638 c801 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c801 (Link to this contribution)
I will not give way again, because I am answering the hon. Gentleman’s question. What we proposed...; Paul Sweeney | 638 c801 (Link to this contribution)
Does my hon. Friend agree that it is about time that we bust the Tory myths about the economic sh...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c802 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and it cannot be said often enough. When the Gordon Brown Gov...; Catherine West | 638 c802 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making some great points. Does he agree that the children’s services crisis has...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c802 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a really important point. I will come to some of those issues later, but her...; James Cartlidge | 638 c802 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c802 (Link to this contribution)
I will give way to the hon. Gentleman.; James Cartlidge | 638 c803 (Link to this contribution)
It is extremely kind of the hon. Gentleman to give way, but it must be said that he is continuing...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c803 (Link to this contribution)
I think that people listening to the hon. Gentleman’s intervention will find it hard to believe t...; Emma Hardy | 638 c803 (Link to this contribution)
One of the impacts of the transport cuts is the declining number of apprentices, who find it diff...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c803 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right, but this does not just apply to transport. It applies to food...; Paul Scully | 638 c803 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Andrew Gwynne | 638 cc803-4 (Link to this contribution)
I will come back to the hon. Gentleman, if he will allow me. I need to draw my remarks to a concl...; Wera Hobhouse | 638 c804 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He is very generous. Does he agree that if there is to...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c804 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is absolutely right. Anything that comes out of the mouths of Ministers that contai...; Hugh Gaffney | 638 c804 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making a very important speech. I should say that I am currently a member of a ...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c804 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend can speak very well about his experiences in Scotland. Tory austerity south of the...; 638 c804 (Link to this contribution); Andrew Gwynne | 638 cc804-5 (Link to this contribution)
I must make a little more progress. I will give way once more before I finish my speech.
It...; Paul Sweeney | 638 c805 (Link to this contribution)
Does my hon. Friend agree that what has been displayed today, in the most spectacular fashion, is...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c805 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The evidence was there when we left office, and the almost im...; 638 c805 (Link to this contribution); Andrew Gwynne | 638 c805 (Link to this contribution)
I will not give way again.
Today’s vote offers all Members on both sides of the House an op...; Sajid Javid | 638 cc805-6 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the opportunity to respond to this debate and to set the record straight on the Governm...; Maria Eagle | 638 c806 (Link to this contribution)
What does the right hon. Gentleman have to say to Liverpool City Council, which has lost 64% of i...; Sajid Javid | 638 c806 (Link to this contribution)
I hope that the hon. Lady will appreciate what I am about to come on to: an understanding of how ...; Alberto Costa | 638 c806 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend mentioned a moment ago that he is going to explain how we got into this posi...; Sajid Javid | 638 c806 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend, who brings me to precisely the point I was about to make, which will help...; Catherine West | 638 c806 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Sajid Javid | 638 c806 (Link to this contribution)
If the hon. Lady is going to apologise for what Labour did, I will give way.; Catherine West | 638 c806 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for his joke. It is not down to Members who were not in the House ...; Sajid Javid | 638 cc806-7 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady says that it is not for her to apologise, but she stands there supporting the party...; Wes Streeting | 638 c807 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. This is obviously a rehearsal for the loc...; Sajid Javid | 638 c807 (Link to this contribution)
I am not sure what that has to do with the debate, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I am happy to answer...; Ranil Jayawardena | 638 c807 (Link to this contribution)
Following what my right hon. Friend has just said, I have seen—I think we all have—targeted and i...; Sajid Javid | 638 c807 (Link to this contribution)
I am very concerned about the intimidation of councillors, which is, of course, wrong at every le...; Paula Sherriff | 638 c807 (Link to this contribution)
Along with every other Member, the Secretary of State must have noticed the rise in homelessness ...; Sajid Javid | 638 c808 (Link to this contribution)
I share the hon. Lady’s concern about the rise in homelessness. It is almost 50% lower than it wa...; Maria Caulfield | 638 c808 (Link to this contribution)
I tried to intervene on the shadow Secretary of State earlier to ask about Labour’s proposals to ...; Sajid Javid | 638 c808 (Link to this contribution)
I am pleased that my hon. Friend has raised that point. A moment ago, I talked about how Labour h...; Mike Amesbury | 638 c808 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister give way?; Sajid Javid | 638 c808 (Link to this contribution)
I will give way in a moment.
It has taken titanic efforts to turn the situation round and r...; Helen Hayes | 638 c808 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Sajid Javid | 638 c808 (Link to this contribution)
Perhaps this is another hon. Lady who wants to apologise.; Helen Hayes | 638 c808 (Link to this contribution)
I was not planning to intervene on the Secretary of State, as I am hoping to speak later, but the...; Sajid Javid | 638 c809 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady gives me the opportunity to highlight Labour’s tax plans once again. She says that ...; Mike Amesbury | 638 c809 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Secretary of State clarify something? Given the pressures facing local government up and...; Sajid Javid | 638 c809 (Link to this contribution)
I gently say to the hon. Gentleman that he is demonstrating his ignorance of how Government finan...; Ruth Cadbury | 638 c810 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Gentleman lists several initiatives by several councils, but how many of those ini...; Sajid Javid | 638 c810 (Link to this contribution)
I will come on to the local government financial settlement shortly, but if the hon. Lady is so c...; Ed Davey | 638 c810 (Link to this contribution)
Despite all the efficiency gains that some local authorities can generate, some authorities are i...; Sajid Javid | 638 c810 (Link to this contribution)
I do not know whether the right hon. Gentleman was present for the statement I made yesterday on ...; Gareth Thomas | 638 cc810-1 (Link to this contribution)
In his comments on the wider fiscal position, the Secretary of State has failed to mention the fo...; Sajid Javid | 638 c811 (Link to this contribution)
If the hon. Gentleman listens to the rest of my speech, perhaps he will appreciate the issues and...; Marcus Jones | 638 c811 (Link to this contribution)
The quantum of local government finance and fair funding across the system is extremely important...; Sajid Javid | 638 c811 (Link to this contribution)
Typically, my hon. Friend makes an excellent point. He speaks from his years of experience as a L...; Wera Hobhouse | 638 c811 (Link to this contribution)
Of course nobody in this House would condone mismanagement of council finances, but Northamptonsh...; Sajid Javid | 638 c811 (Link to this contribution)
I would be happy to send the hon. Lady a copy of the inspector’s report to read. She will see tha...; Paul Scully | 638 c811 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech about why local choices matter and about trusti...; Sajid Javid | 638 c811 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a powerful point, and the shadow Chancellor is very lucky to live in a Conse...; Gareth Thomas | 638 c812 (Link to this contribution)
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Paul Scully) ref...; Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 638 c812 (Link to this contribution)
That is not a point of order but a point of debate. A lot of people want to speak in this debate,...; Sajid Javid | 638 c812 (Link to this contribution)
We recognise that our support to councils means nothing without the right funding and resources. ...; Tom Pursglove | 638 c812 (Link to this contribution)
Does my right hon. Friend share my frustration that, as happens on police funding and the NHS, on...; Sajid Javid | 638 c812 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. We saw the same again recently on the cut in stamp duty;...; James Cartlidge | 638 c812 (Link to this contribution)
On greater control, in Suffolk we are very pleased to be one of the 10 pilot areas for the 100% r...; Sajid Javid | 638 c813 (Link to this contribution)
I will come on to discuss the pilots in a moment, but the good thing about them is that all the l...; James Heappey | 638 c813 (Link to this contribution)
The retention of business rates is indeed a huge opportunity for councils such as Somerset’s, whi...; Sajid Javid | 638 cc813-4 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, I can give my hon. Friend that reassurance. I shall say more about how the system is going t...; Alberto Costa | 638 c814 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my right hon. Friend for making that point. Would he encourage Leicestershire County Coun...; Sajid Javid | 638 c814 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, I would certainly encourage all those councils that are creative and innovative, and that wa...; Naz Shah | 638 c814 (Link to this contribution)
Like businesses, councils need stability, particularly with Brexit happening. Will the Secretary ...; Sajid Javid | 638 cc814-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Department is very much involved in the preparations for Brexit. We have attended several rece...; Ruth Cadbury | 638 c815 (Link to this contribution)
In the last year of the Labour Government, there were 40,000 social housing starts. How many were...; Sajid Javid | 638 c815 (Link to this contribution)
Since 2010—since the change in Government—more than 300,000 affordable homes have been built. The...; Ruth Cadbury | 638 c815 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Sajid Javid | 638 c815 (Link to this contribution)
If the hon. Lady is going to apologise, I will take her intervention.; Ruth Cadbury | 638 c815 (Link to this contribution)
Does the right hon. Gentleman not recognise that the net loss of social rented housing was becaus...; Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 638 c815 (Link to this contribution)
Order. May I say again that interventions need to be very short? I am sure that the Secretary of ...; Sajid Javid | 638 c815 (Link to this contribution)
I suggest kindly to the hon. Lady that she reflects on the fact that more council houses have bee...; Kevin Foster | 638 c815 (Link to this contribution)
The Secretary of State listed some of the initiatives to encourage house building, but he did not...; Sajid Javid | 638 cc815-6 (Link to this contribution)
I apologise to my hon. Friend for not listing that particular fund; there are just so many places...; Emma Hardy | 638 c816 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Sajid Javid | 638 c816 (Link to this contribution)
I will take one final intervention.; Emma Hardy | 638 c816 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for giving way. I am sure that everyone welcomes the extra money f...; Sajid Javid | 638 c816 (Link to this contribution)
Another important issue is, of course, children’s social care. Although some £250 million of fund...; Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 638 c816 (Link to this contribution)
Before I call the Scottish National party spokesperson, let me again say that there is huge press...; Drew Hendry | 638 cc816-7 (Link to this contribution)
I join the shadow Secretary of State and the Secretary of State in paying tribute to councillors ...; Alan Brown | 638 c817 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making a very powerful point about taxation. Council tax on an average band A p...; Drew Hendry | 638 c818 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a good point. Indeed, the average cost of a band A property is some £400 mor...; Paul Sweeney | 638 c818 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Drew Hendry | 638 c818 (Link to this contribution)
I am happy to give way—I have been waiting for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention.; Paul Sweeney | 638 c818 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman describes the SNP’s recent budget as “progressive”. The Convention of Scottish...; Drew Hendry | 638 cc818-9 (Link to this contribution)
I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has intervened, because I was expecting him to do so. I wa...; Angus Brendan MacNeil | 638 c819 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making the SNP’s fundamental point, which is that it would be far better for us...; Drew Hendry | 638 cc819-820 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. As ever, he makes a telling point: choices ...; Christopher Chope | 638 cc820-1 (Link to this contribution)
I listened carefully to the words of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, and I must say ...; Maria Eagle | 638 cc821-3 (Link to this contribution)
I rise to support the motion in the name of my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition and...; 638 c823 (Link to this contribution); Lindsay Hoyle | 638 c823 (Link to this contribution)
We will drop the limit to four minutes to try to give everyone equal time.
4.25 pm; Jack Lopresti | 638 c823 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the funding settlement approved by this House last month, which will see my own local a...; Christopher Chope | 638 c823 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Jack Lopresti | 638 c823 (Link to this contribution)
With pleasure.; Lindsay Hoyle | 638 c823 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Just one second. We are not going to be able to get Members in. Members have had six minut...; Christopher Chope | 638 c823 (Link to this contribution)
I withdraw my intervention.; Jack Lopresti | 638 cc823-4 (Link to this contribution)
Apologies, Mr Deputy Speaker. I was just being polite.
South Gloucestershire Council manage...; Greg Knight | 638 c824 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Jack Lopresti | 638 c824 (Link to this contribution)
With pleasure. I am being polite again, Mr Deputy Speaker.; Greg Knight | 638 c824 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. Does he agree that one thing councils should not ...; Jack Lopresti | 638 cc824-5 (Link to this contribution)
There has been a big debate in my own area about parking at the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, which re...; Naz Shah | 638 cc825-6 (Link to this contribution)
I feel like this is one of those debates where there may be less disagreement than usual, given t...; Steve Double | 638 cc826-7 (Link to this contribution)
Like many hon. Members, I started out in politics by serving as a local councillor. I served four...; Matt Rodda | 638 cc827-8 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this important debate. I would like to add my suppo...; Jim Cunningham | 638 c828 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with everything that my hon. Friend has said so far. I am sure he has noticed the tone of...; Matt Rodda | 638 c828 (Link to this contribution)
I wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend. I am sure that the situation in Coventry is very simi...; Ranil Jayawardena | 638 cc828-9 (Link to this contribution)
Like many other Members, I have had real experience in local government. While I listened careful...; Alex Cunningham | 638 cc829-830 (Link to this contribution)
Many of us have first-hand experience of the responsibility on local authorities to provide servi...; Paul Scully | 638 cc830-1 (Link to this contribution)
My old sales manager used to say that when you point the finger at someone, you get three fingers...; Helen Hayes | 638 cc831-3 (Link to this contribution)
I was elected to Southwark Council in 2010—just as the Tory-Lib Dem coalition Government came to ...; Maria Caulfield | 638 cc833-4 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate, but is it not ironic that the very Members who...; Mohammad Yasin | 638 cc834-5 (Link to this contribution)
Despite already achieving savings of £94 million, Bedford Borough Council must find further savin...; Huw Merriman | 638 cc835-6 (Link to this contribution)
I start by paying tribute and giving great thanks to the councillors and officers at East Sussex ...; Paul Sweeney | 638 c836 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate on a critical issue for the future...; Drew Hendry | 638 c836 (Link to this contribution)
Does the hon. Gentleman agree with not only the Scottish Government but the Fraser of Allander In...; Paul Sweeney | 638 cc836-7 (Link to this contribution)
The reality facing local government in Scotland is that the SNP has taken Tory austerity and more...; Alex Sobel | 638 cc837-9 (Link to this contribution)
Like many colleagues, I will concentrate my speech on the effects of the cuts on my local council...; Lindsay Hoyle | 638 c839 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I call Jim McMahon.
5.18 pm; Jim McMahon | 638 cc839-840 (Link to this contribution)
I thank all Members who have participated in this debate. It is fair to say that local government...; Maria Caulfield | 638 c840 (Link to this contribution)
I have to disagree. As I said in my speech, rural areas have had 45% less funding per head of pop...; Jim McMahon | 638 c840 (Link to this contribution)
Well, actually, it does not. I will give the hon. Lady an example. If a county area that had a st...; Maria Caulfield | 638 c840 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is being extremely generous in giving way. Perhaps he should come to see the a...; Jim McMahon | 638 c840 (Link to this contribution)
This ought not to be a fight between areas of high deprivation in our urban core and recognising ...; Ranil Jayawardena | 638 c840 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman clearly loves my former council very much. Would he agree, then, that actually...; Jim McMahon | 638 c841 (Link to this contribution)
It is true that this district council has increased spending in some areas, but unfortunately tha...; Ranil Jayawardena | 638 c841 (Link to this contribution)
I am not sure that the hon. Gentleman understands the difference between a county council, a dist...; Jim McMahon | 638 c841 (Link to this contribution)
Most people who understand local government finance recognise that the budget lines in total net ...; Ranil Jayawardena | 638 c841 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Jim McMahon | 638 c841 (Link to this contribution)
I give way to the hon. Gentleman; he is very keen.; Ranil Jayawardena | 638 c842 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is very generous. I have two points. First, pest control still supports those ...; Jim McMahon | 638 c842 (Link to this contribution)
What I know is that in Greater Manchester we have lost 1.2 million miles of public transport rout...; Ranil Jayawardena | 638 c842 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Jim McMahon | 638 c842 (Link to this contribution)
I cannot give way again. I will happily share a drink with the hon. Gentleman in the bar later an...; Rishi Sunak | 638 cc842-3 (Link to this contribution)
May I start by echoing the sentiments of the Secretary of State and hon. Members on both sides of...; Maria Eagle | 638 c843 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister has just asserted that local government will have a real-terms increase. Does he acc...; Rishi Sunak | 638 cc843-4 (Link to this contribution)
As the National Audit Office pointed out, this Government were alert to the requirements of adult...; Alex Cunningham | 638 c844 (Link to this contribution)
Does the Minister recognise the very specific link between deprivation and the number of children...; Rishi Sunak | 638 c844 (Link to this contribution)
What the Government are already doing about exactly that is working with the Department for Educa...; Maria Caulfield | 638 c844 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend confirm that, under the Labour party’s garden tax plan, 10 million families w...; Rishi Sunak | 638 c845 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the thousands of pounds that will be loaded on to...; Andrew Gwynne | 638 c845 (Link to this contribution)
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Given the unanimous view of the House to accept Labour’s ...; Lindsay Hoyle | 638 c845 (Link to this contribution)
I think that the hon. Gentleman already knows the answer, but let me see if I can help a little. ...; Peter Bone | 638 c845 (Link to this contribution)
Further to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Is it right, Sir, that the Leader of the House...; Lindsay Hoyle | 638 c845 (Link to this contribution)
I do not think we ever have 650, as the hon. Gentleman well knows, but allowing for that, I think...
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