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communities and local governments, and later the matter of transfer to

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deal with later in the chamber. In order, order! The title for

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private bill, set down for this day. Further consideration for the bill

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as amended. For the consideration, what date? Tuesday, the 12th of

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April at 4pm. Order. Questions for communities and local governments.

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Good afternoon, thank you Mr Speaker. One please. LAUGHTER I

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would like to answer question one and four together. Consuls retained

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till billion pounds of the rates they collect. As a result of reforms

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we estimate that consuls will retain ?26 billion raised by business

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rates. I thank him for his response. Local confidence is rock-bottom in

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the budget setting. It shows a huge funding gap. Doesn't the Minister

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agree that this budget will help consuls take control of their

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finances, and help local business? I do agree, and I enjoyed meeting with

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a number of counsellors from my friend's constituency. I've seen the

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excellent work being done to attract businesses to the local enterprise

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partnership, and the investor meant in beastly college.

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the prospect of more business rates will be a great help to her counsel.

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Chamber of Commerce has declared delight at the announcement that a

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small business rate will be doubled. Any Secretary of State confirm that

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the budget measures ensure that rural areas in East Sussex who

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aren't not receivers of business rates will not be worse off as a

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result of this change? By friend can have that reassurance. The package

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that was in the budget for small businesses has been warmly received

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by small businesses across the country. It must to reduction of

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nearly ?7 billion over four years. Every penny of that will be made up.

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Can he explain precisely how that is going to happen? The Institute for

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Fiscal Studies said that was perfectly possible to commentate for

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changes or there is great in play. They said it would be nearly

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impossible to do it after 2020, when there is no grant for the government

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to use. Also, how precisely with the comments the change from RPI to CGI,

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given that is a variable that changes year-to-year. How will work?

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The the compensation will be made in the way that it always has been when

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we have reduced business rates. Will be paid as a section 31 grant from

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to local authorities that is tried and tested, and that is the way that

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these sums are always paid. He will also know that when it comes to the

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full retention of business rates by 2020, the forecast is that there is

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26 billion revenue. Consuls retained 13, so there are transfers that need

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to be made in which will be taken into account by the end of the

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process. I know that his committee, as with local government generally

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will want to revise it. As the secretary of state scenic, any

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weekend in the Sunday papers that poorer areas of the country are

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going to be doubly disadvantaged? What is the point of mucking around

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with the finance of local governments if we continue to rob

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them of powers and taking away the responsibility for education. --?

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For generations local governments have said that they should be

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financed by their local funds. We have said that every amount of money

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raised by local government should be used by local government. He will

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know, and many members of his party have welcomed devolution of powers

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that this government has given to local government, and it is

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something that I am very proud of. The Secretary of State has reflected

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on the importance of protecting local authorities from the garage of

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the tax base. With the setting the baseline for business reproduction,

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measures are included so that there is incentives to encourage local

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authorities? Small businesses just as much as large ones, to ensure a

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mixed? That is one of the reasons for the retention, 100% retention of

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business rates. There is a connection between them, and the

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best authorities have always seen as their duty and responsibility to

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promote and attract businesses. In this way, they will get their reward

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for it. Karim thank you Mr Speaker. Will the former cabinet minister

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openly admit that the government is -- now that he has admitted the

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government is dividing us, will they admit that this will hit the poorer

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councils for the Times harder than the richest? He is wrong on this.

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The decision that we have made to reduce spending would have been made

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by any party they came into party at -- power after the election. The

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difference between this party is that we have devolved the powers so

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that local authorities can have a greater concern for their own

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future. In terms of the change in the methodology that we have made,

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this is something that the Institute of fiscal studies has said is an

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improvement and a fairer system that took place in previous years. The

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local government financial settlement reflects a detailed

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assessment of the need to challenge -- and challenges of each area. We

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have really save you, and will work with government to move toward 100%

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as its retention by 2020. Did he want to meet that question with a

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question 17? Yes, I will. Funds for local governments are going to

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conservative governments. We agree that it doesn't matter, because

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those areas don't vote for us? IMs prize to hear this question from

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him, given that his county of Norfolk has benefited from 14 6

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million. -- 1.6 million. I would have thought that in terms of

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reflecting on his party colleagues, he should take advice from dairy

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Council, who said that the methodology is a welcome improvement

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for allocating RSD reductions and goes toward some reductions of

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unequal funding. They can't have escaped the secretary of state's

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attention that towns have been hit, those that have been hit hardest

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haven't had a penny from the local transitional fund. This government

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feels it's duty is only toward wealthier governments that only

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voted Tory. Is he ashamed of his callous and unfair treatment of his

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hometown? He should inform himself better as to what is happening in

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the Middlesboro local authority. For a start, as a result of the change

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of methodology, Middlesboro gets an improvement of nearly ?4 million in

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resources. If I quote from the response to the consultation that

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had from the council that I thought he might have read before, it says

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"Do you agree with the proposed methodology for the calculation?" It

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says yes, on the basis that it does not have a disproportionate impact

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across local authorities. He should inform himself before he comes to

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the house and asks questions. Our city Council have been proactive to

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attracting new business and are looking forward to a greater

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retention and business rates, but one of the things they lack is

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certainty. Will there be an additional relief on business rates,

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can he clarify the compensation available to local authorities that

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would lead to that happening? He is corrected to raise the transition to

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100% retention needs to have in place checks and balances that would

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assure that no authority loses out. The government, with the local

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Government Association, has agreed to work together to design the

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system. I look forward to the responses to the consultation,

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including taking advice from members of this house the select committee,

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and other bodies. The government has cut millions upon millions of pounds

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from consuls yet dropped asylum-seekers in our town. Globals

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are not happy. What is he going to do in terms of funding us? They have

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benefited from the change to the methodology that we put in place,

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and the representative organisation for the Metropolitan authorities

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have welcomed the change. I would say to them that the council has

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benefited from the local government settlement, and he should be

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welcoming that. Following this week's revelation that the

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government has targeted the working poor because they do not vote Tory,

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will the secretary of state admit that the same thinking I -- funds

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were channeled into wealthier for he voted constituents these? One of the

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consuls that she mentioned have benefited from the change in

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methodology. The Council that her colleague used specifically, Labour

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last time I checked, called for this transitional measure. What they said

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was that the measures are usually employed when a new methodology is

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introduced to ensure that significant shifts are not

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experienced. The Council believes this is a sensible on the basis that

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those benefiting are not adversely affected. That is what we have done.

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Thank you Mr Speaker. I am pleased that we were able to finish the last

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parliament with more affordable housing than when we finished. We

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did a bit beyond our target with 276,000 affordable homes which

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80,000 of were believed shared ownership. Homeownership among young

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people under the age of 35 is down by over a fifth by 21%. What will

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every definition of affordable housing to under ?450,000 due to

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address that problem? I would say that if he looks at some of the

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papers published over the last couple of weeks, he will see that

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having had a false since 2003 in homeownership, that has now stalled,

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and it is our fear determination to increase homeownership. That is what

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this is about, so I would rather he would help and support us to deliver

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those homes. One of the keys to the government policy is neighbourhood

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planning. The Minister will be pleased to hear that an Oakley in my

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constituency, if then went to referendum and received 95%

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approval. Given that, does he agree that it is an outrage, therefore,

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that seven days before the referendum, the planning Inspector

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allowed an appeal which largely rendered the planet pointless after

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two years of work? What he going to do about the inspector bulldozing

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government policy in my constituency? This is a matter I

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feel -- I think it is important that a verbal homes are delivered in

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areas that plans have been worked out. I would inspect the inspector

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to respect the plan. I think the Minister for his response. North

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Irish households are in need. We need to build 11,000 a year, can I

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ask the Minister what help will there be to help us purchase even

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more? He raises a good point, and we are clear that we want to deliver

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400,000 affordable homes, and a in co-ownership, a fantastic model that

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allows people for affordability to access the home affordability model.

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Can he outlined what a couple living in Cornwall below the age of 40 can

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expect to borrow under the new initiative that this government has

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implemented for a family home of around ?200,000 a year? I think he

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makes a good point about how starter homes can help people get onto the

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housing market in terms of ownership. When you take the money

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home, apply the discount of at least 20% a break at 260,000 with a 5%

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deposit, a gift accessibility to a whole new age of people who have

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been trapped out since Labour's great recession. We have provided up

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to the 5p of funding to meet the demographic pressures on social

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care. This is more than a to .9 billion that the local Government

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Association estimated. The budget reveals a black hole of four million

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deaths billion pounds of social care alone. What is this government make

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a priority of giving tax cuts to the wealthy and refuse to give tax cuts

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to disabled and elderly people? During the process of the spending

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review, we listen extremely carefully to local government, and

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they explained the priority that social care was. We responded to

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that by providing local authorities with up to three by 5 billion

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pounds, which was in excess of what they were asking for, to .9 billion.

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The honourable gentleman, I am sure, will acknowledge that the extra

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support is going well with the additional preset for adult social

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care. What discussions have taken place between communities and local

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governments and the department of health regarding the integration of

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health and social care? I can assure the honourable lady that we have

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significant and ongoing discussions with the department of health. We

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both share the same outlook, and we want to fully integrate health and

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social care by the end of this decade. That is what we are setting

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out to do with each department. Thank you. Reports that 300,000

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unruly people are suffering from chronic loneliness, which leads to

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early death. -- elderly. The that have been imposed are letting our

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utterly people die. Is the Minister Pranab this? I would say to her that

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we are doing a significant amount to support social care. We have put

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into a preset that has allowed councils to raise up to an

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additional ?2 billion. We have put in place additional funds into the

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better care fund, and we are committed to working with the NHS to

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make sure that health and social care is properly integrated. Part of

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that integration is making sure that the issues that she mentioned are

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properly dealt with. I can assure that that is happening. With

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permission, Mr Speaker, I will take this in conjunction with question

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seven and 19 following the devastating effects of storms

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Desmond and Eva. We made available over ?2 million to the areas

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affected. This government, from the first day of flooding, should have

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applied to the European fund, but it took the 25th of February to find

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out that they would apply. If the government so much fighting with

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itself that they held the process for so long, and why the delay? Is a

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complex fund, and the application process is complex. You need to

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determine eligibility and damage, and the process still ongoing as we

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inform the commission as to the extent of the damage taken place. We

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started early in January, applied by the deadline, and we are pursuing it

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now. The flooding was exceptional, and there was impact across the UK

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and Scotland. Will the Minister confirm that should the bid to the

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European Solidarity fund be successful, the Scottish Government

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will receive a fair and proper share of that funding? We do not yet know

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how long the process will take, ultimately what the quantum of any

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award might be. The government is already making available significant

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funds and we continue to work with local authorities and with devolved

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authorities and governments to assure that this is properly done.

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We'll make appropriate announcements when more information is available.

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Since 2002, EU Solidarity fund has helped communities and people from

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24 countries. I ensure the Minister agrees with me that that is it an

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excellent example of the positive affects by a membership of the EU.

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Can he confirm that those severely affected by flooding will receive a

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Fisher of support. As I have made it clear, we are pursuing this, and it

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will take some time to pay out. We are in discussion with the

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commission about the information that they needed to process the

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application. We will be any position to further announcements about what

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will be eligible for it to be used for, and we will keep the house

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updated. And I thank my honourable friend for the help that his

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department provided to our counsel under the no wind scheme that has

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been an assistant to my constituents. Can you confirm that

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his department will continue to provide help to consult to repair

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the damaged infrastructure which remained damaged to this day, such

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as roads and bridges? I thank him for his question. It is important

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that we are clear that although flooding happens over short periods

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of time, recovery is a longer process. The government is committed

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to support local authorities and it made available over ?200 million of.

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We are making available support any of grants where if someone's

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property has been damaged they can claim. We work with local

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authorities to deliver assistance and help them recover. Thank you Mr

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Speaker. 21% terms of completion, the highest level we have seen since

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2007. There has been over 4000 new housing starts in Cheshire, housing

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starts are up 91% compared to 2009. To my honourable friend reminded the

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House who was housing minister when the numbers were so low? The right

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honourable gentleman, the current shadow Minister was the Minister. We

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have seen record numbers of housing starts and a large portion are

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affordable housing. What more can my honourable friend do to make sure

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that the strong recovery we have seen in housing that that continues,

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and he continues to deliver on that record? He gives an example of a

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something I hear time and time again. We are the party that has

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gotten us building moving again since 2010. I am proud to be housing

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minister, and it is thanks to the Chancellor. It is the opposite of

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what we inherited. You are an estate agent! Housing starts rely on

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housing need. There was an appealing one of my constituencies on the

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basis that the local authority could not demonstrate housing need --

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housing need -- supply for five years. There is an assessment by the

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local authority that shows an A+ supply. -- eight year. Is there more

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needed? It is important that local authorities are planning for the

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future of housing delivery. That is what the local plans are about, and

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I would encourage local authorities that are working to plans to make

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sure that they make that provision. He makes a good point around the

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confidence of having a five-year supply, and we will be responding to

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the evidence from the expert panel that reported last week. Question

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number nine. With permission I will answer questions nine and ten

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together. Since 2010 we have enabled local authorities to help prevent

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homelessness. One person without a home is too many. We have increased

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central funding 239 million over the next four years. -- 139 million. I

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would be grateful if the Minister could answer the question, and in

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particular why do we have a doubling of street homelessness since 2010,

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and there are currently 370,000 households with no permanent home?

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Does the Minister not see that these are a direct result of a series of

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government policies introduced in 2010, and it's sad to get worse. The

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removal of the funding, the bedroom tax, housing benefit tax, the kind

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funding for housing benefits for supportive housing, and a sale of

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hundred thousand councils? I would suggest that she seek an adjournment

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debate, but I realised she had just had it.

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This is an extremely important issue, this conservative party

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recognises that and we changed the methodology on the rough sleeping to

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give a more accurate picture of the challenges. The issues with from

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sleeping or not is about housing, they are about other things like

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mental health, and issues in relation to other matters, such as

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trade and drug dependency. What I can say is, the Chancellor work

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with... Confirmed an additional ?100 million to help move for sleepers

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out of hostels that they are put into into accommodation so that we

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can help even more rough sleepers get off of the streets. Thank you Mr

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Speaker, the Albert Kennedy present report found that 24% of homeless

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youth are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, abuses their primary

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reason for homelessness. That the Minister support their cause that

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vulnerable young people aged 18 to 21 face rejection and abuse at home

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should be treated as a group except from the housing benefit changes? I

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spoke to over 100 and people that have been through the problems

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caused by the issues that the Honorable Lady refers to. I spoke to

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them just last week, what I can assure her of, is that this

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government is committed to protecting the most vulnerable

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through the changes that she mentions, we are looking very

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carefully at how those changes take place to make sure that the most

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vulnerable are detected. The Minister as of right to say that the

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best way to tackle the whole of the people sleeping on our streets is

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about attacking the underlying causes that he mentions. Can I

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encourage them minister to use the new ?10 million social impact bond

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to specifically focus on the underlying causes, so that we don't

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to stop people going onto the streets we keep them off of the

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streets altogether. That is a sensible suggestion, I know that my

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Honorable friend has significant knowledge and expertise in this

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area. I would say to him that I am working across government, of cross

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departmental, working group where we are working through these issues to

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try to bring forward that social impact bond which will help get

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rough sleepers off of our streets. Can I welcome the hundred million

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and that the budget for the accommodations for rough sleepers

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and domestic abuse victims. What work can be done to encourage social

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and private landlords to take those who find themselves in the

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situation? Thank you, my Honorable friend makes a extremely important

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point. This department has supported organizations such as crisis, to

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deliver support to people to allow them to get into the private rented

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sector through things such as bond schemes and things such as deposit

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schemes so that people who otherwise would not be able to afford the

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deposit to get into private rented accommodation had been able to do

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so. Last week the communities and local Government committee took all

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evidence from the crisis would suggest that an estimated 3600

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people sleeping rough on a typical night in England. That figure is up

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in the last year. Why is that of rising so quickly in England and

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what is he doing to get a grip of this? We are taking serious

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consideration into making sure that we prevent homelessness before the

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happen. If homelessness that happen we have to help. As I said earlier

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we are taking significant steps to help rough sleepers off of the

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streets. Homeless prevention is key, we are looking at our options, we

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are looking at what goes on across the world in existence and in the

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devolved administrations. We are looking at all options working with

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homeless charities and as I've said before, cross ministerial working

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group to make sure that we tackle homelessness and because of it.

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Shelter also giving evidence last week that there have been a few

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hundred 50% increase in people becoming homeless over the past five

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years, as a result of their private tendencies pending. Discuss

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government left the proud when that pass the private... Will the

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Minister look at what Scotland has done to see what can be brought to

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benefit homeless people in England? As I said, and my previous answer,

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we will not ignore good practice for it is happening. We are looking very

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closely at how we can improve homelessness prevention. If the

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Honorable Lady would like to contact me with information I would be more

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than willing to see what they have done in Scotland. I welcome the

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announcement last the Chancellor of the million pound extra to help

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tackle from sleeping. It has been happening in my consistency due to

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high levels of tourist. How will my Honorable friend ensure that

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journeys to us his truck and Julian house was benefited under the last

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parliament will be able to benefit from this new fund? I think my

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Honorable friend and I am delighted to hear his welcome for the changes

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that have been made in the budget to support homelessness and rough

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sleeping. I was also pleased to hear from him about the work that Genesis

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trust has done and the Chilean house. We will be working with the

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home inspector and local authorities to design the fund to help people

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that are on the street come off of the street. Last Wednesday, the

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Chancellor announced money to support the homeless and reduce

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rough sleeping. But the treasury has indicated that the money announced

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at the budget is not extra money but comes from DC LGA existing budget

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amounts and the Autumn Statement. We have an ever-growing... No solution

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and no extra money. Is this another example of a unfair budget by a

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deeply flawed Chancellor. I think the Honorable Lady is misguided

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because some of this money is extra money that is coming in. What she

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does identify is that we are working very closely with my right

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honourable friend the Chancellor and the treasury to put right the mess

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that the auto related party left when they were in government. Number

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11 Mr Speaker. With permission I what answer questions 11 and 15

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together. Since 2010 we have delivered 270,000 affordable homes

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and 2000 rental homes. To respond specifically on new build social

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housing, my local authority and housing associations say that they

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cannot afford to develop social housing. They will develop up to

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2000 high-value units. We have a social housing crisis, how will the

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Minister and so that councils and housing associations can afford to

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build for social friend to match local needs? I would say to the

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Honorable Lady, and she looks back between 1997 and 2010 and compares

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it to our record we have seen double the number of council homes built

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under the conservative government. This is the fastest rate we have

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seen in 20 years. Housing a float is and is at 824 ?4 billion surplus and

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local authority has a very bland town. We are encouraging them to use

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the money to use the homes want to see built. And has been reported

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that private developers continued to hold many thousands of acres on

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which they refuse to build and sell housing prices rise to maximise

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their profits. Can I suggest that a sensible government would take

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public ownership allocated to local authorities and require and enable

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them to build the counsel homes to house those in desperate need of a

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home. I would say, we do want to see developers get on with building. We

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want to see build-up races and creeds and we want to see local

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authorities dealing with conditions so that they can get onside quickly

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and get building more quickly. We want to make that land agents are

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holding up. Question number 12. Thank you Mr Speaker, measures of

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the housing and bill to improve conditions. Our proposal includes a

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database of landlords, introducing orders for serious or repeat

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offenders and a tougher fit and proper person to extending payment

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orders and introducing new and higher civil penalties. The majority

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of the Grammys are in the private -- families renting sector and facing

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increased in rent every six months. If they complain about repairs and

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so on they often face eviction. I understand that that will be dealt

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on an future legislation but will not come into force until 2018, this

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is not a way to bring up a family, what does the government going to do

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to get more security to these families. I would say that she has

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her facts flatly wrong because the interest can buy an October 2000 15.

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We want to see attendance -- ten minutes, we should pay in mind that

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the average Tennessee is getting on. She is fried. People should not

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Thank you Mr Speaker, my Honorable friend is a passionate advocate when

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it comes to local government matters and took an active part in the

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devolution of Bill. I know he's Eagle to see things progress. We saw

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and the budget, announced three new devolution bills. That recruited the

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deal with better ligature, -- greater ligature. We want to do

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more. Will he note that six District councils have voted not to be part

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of the devolution deal. Would he confirmed that he would not impose a

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deal without their consent and what advice does the half-full. And

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devolution is to last and make a real solution, it must be done by

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agreements and a bottom-up process. That's what the legislation at this

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house past allows, that is what the government of Phils to do. Women are

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forcing this on any area. It is a welcome sign that so many more areas

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continues to sign up to continue to have those talks with government.

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Why is the Chancellor, insisting, that the price of devolution to

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Lincolnshire is an elected mayor which nobody asked for. Mayors are

:38:26.:38:31.

for a not for large rural areas Word District councils work perfectly

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well together. Let's have a true devolution and true choice. My right

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honourable friend is never backwards with coming forward and I have had

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many discussions with him about this deal. The government does not

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enforce deal and does not impose mayors. This is a matter of consent

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local areas. Powers are passed down from government to local areas to

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drive for the economy and improve life for that community. Question 14

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Mr Speaker. We are putting a further ?8.6 billion with investment for the

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ability for another hundred and 45,000 people to buy their own home

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by 2020 and 2021. This scheme has made sure that about 43% of the

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homes sold were built and they would have not been built but we are

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driving up housing supply. The great city of Lincoln is one of the most

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successful cities and our country. More people want to live and work

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there. With my Honorable friend like to remind Lincoln Council that they

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need to support private house building and public house building

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to ensure that residents have a choice? It is important that they

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look at their housing needs and plan to what they need to deliver. Eight

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is 6% of our population want the chance to own their own home. We

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encourage that they take on a work actively. They should have a 20%

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discount. Question number 16 Mr Speaker. Thank you Mr Speaker, and

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December 2015, the reform planning system has given permission for

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another 253,000 new homes. That is excellent news. There is a 53%

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increase on the year until December 2000 ten. -- 2010. What and the

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government do to ensure that houses that had been given planning

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permission are built out so that we do achieve our target of 1 million

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homes? There are a range of things we are doing, they are in the

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housing impending bill and we have had the winning and this is approved

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which will make it easier to get into finances. My Honorable friend

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will be aware that the budget last week, we outlined our plans to make

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sure that we are dealing with users around preconditions --

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precondition. We are speeding up the process and getting developers on

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site and getting them to build out the clerk -- quick learner --

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quicker. Thank you very much Mr Speaker. Before the recess I would

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like to update the house on the recovery from storm -- in an storm

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either. The government has restored 21,000 properties. There are hundred

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millions spent to prepare roads and bridges. Moore was built to announce

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future floods. The Chancellor offered to have a match funding, we

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are announcing a one for one match for every pound that has been raised

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by those community foundations during the floods. The local

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government pension scheme provides future security and retirement for

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millions of public service workers. It is funded and financed by the

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contributions of the workers. The government seems to interfere and

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the way those funds are invested. Mr Speaker, what legal powers of the

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government have to do this? Are they intending to invest and strategies

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of other UK pension funds and why treat them differently? What I would

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say is that there is a consultation that he knows, I'm not sure if he

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has contributed to it, that competition has closed. We are

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reflecting on the response and I will update the house and we have

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had a chance to do so. I have many towns and my constituency that are

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formally adopting the neighbourhood plans. They have had their plans in

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place for a long time and are constantly challenged by developers

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putting in applications Forsyth outside of their plan. Will the

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Minister uphold the status of neighbourhood plans of the planning

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process and return local democracy to villages and towns? My Honorable

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friend makes a good point, we do absolutely hold plants and portends

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and neighbourhoods. I would say, we are congratulating them for creating

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their plans. I know she appreciates, I cannot comment on a particular

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case but I want to stress that the national planning part of policy

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framing may conflict with what has been brought forward. Planning

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permission should not be granted. My question is for the Secretary of

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State who clearly lacks the clout to argue his Department case with the

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Chancellor, because there is nothing in the budget on housing. Nothing to

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reverse six years of failure to writhing homelessness and falling

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home on a ship. Despite the global banking collapse and the profession,

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we saw hundred 20,000 new homes built and the profession, we saw

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hundred 20,000 new homes built in this country, five years later, that

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total is only 5000 higher. At this rate, the Secretary of State will

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not hit his health target and 2079. Why so little in the budget on

:44:37.:44:42.

housing? Mr Speaker I would stay to the Honorable gentleman with great

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respect, he may want to have a look at the buds and it outlines a bunch

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of matches on planning. That's a it gives is the biggest building

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programme. That's a contrast of his own record. Joining government is

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the hundreds of thousands. I well thought through June 20, 2000 is a

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good news. That's 120,000. On the contrary, this brings the total tool

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around and about half that labor was investing when I was the last labor

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housing minister and building new homes in this country. The truth is

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there was little in the budget on housing, there was nothing in the

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budget that will deal with the causes of the housing crisis those

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six years of the year is that the stress to ten. Will the Minister now

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admit that on housing, the sensors credibility is an Saturday. --

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Saturday. He was the Minister that saw the lowest level of house

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building since 1993. I'm happy to work with the Chancellor who had

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given the country the biggest building of houses. It's the number

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of first-time buyers have doubled. We are delivering affordable housing

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at the fastest rate in over 20 years. We deliver doubled in number

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of council housing over the last five years. I'm proud of our track

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record and we continue in and to continue to deliver faster than

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labor ever did. My Honorable friend, would take time out of his very busy

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schedule to come and visit this outstanding counsel. I am very happy

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to join my Honorable friend on a visit. The last time I was visiting

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it was great to see the ambition and hard worker lab coat Lee Mack local

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pouncing is putting in. I will look forward to visiting very soon. Once

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I is that the final award under the EU Solidarity award has not been

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decided, can I nevertheless lacked the Minister to ensure that however

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it is a portion ensure that it reaches the community. A simple

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population share going to discover discover the mountains sure that

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enriches my constituency. Mr Speaker, the intention of the

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government is to support those communities affected by the terrible

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impact of storm that Desmond and Eva. We are talking about what we

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can do to help Scotland and what the impact is to inform the bit is that

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we are making for the Solidarity fund. Can the Minister of State the

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house on the future of the community fund and readers sure the future

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rounds will focus on the social problems? Thank you Mr Speaker. The

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hundred 19 coastal community teams across England are taking control of

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their own areas for generations. One team was earlier doctors of the CCT

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concept. They received ?2 million from the fund for a project that was

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successfully launched in 2015. In December 2015, they received ?50,000

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for coastal revival for emergency work in the... This is the first

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step and dreading a museum in popular culture. -- creating. I was

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the audible member good luck for any bits that may emanate from this

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constituency. Rather than cutting support for people with disabilities

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would it be better for the government to cut the housing

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benefit bill Woods is up by 4.4 billion over the last four years. Is

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it a failure of the government the build another house was his driving

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upgrades, heavy reliance on the private sector and isn't not a

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disgrace of the budgets do not put any money in the budgets do not put

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any money into building social housing? I would say that he wants

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to look back to the spending review. I would also just point out, the

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problem that we have had is that under Labour, one 870 homes were

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sold under Right to Buy they only built one. That's important that we

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build more homes, and London, which I know is dear to his heart we are

:50:06.:50:09.

look at two-for-one. That is good for delivering new homes. Thank you

:50:10.:50:16.

Mr Speaker, last exposes are welcome news for small businesses and

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perhaps across my constituency to form the Times is the business

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rates. What will my Honorable friend give Torbay Council sold my concern

:50:24.:50:30.

the benefits? I thank the Honorable friend, the government has announced

:50:31.:50:35.

the biggest cutting business rates were 61 ?7 billion over five years

:50:36.:50:42.

were prominently doubling and increasing thresholds. I'm sure that

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will help many of the small businesses that the honourable

:50:49.:50:56.

gentleman sets out to support. Thank you Mr Speaker, the financial cost

:50:57.:51:00.

of homelessness is going up to nearly ?1 billion. Research on the

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charity crisis is selling that tackling single homelessness early

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can save the government between PayPal from ?18,000 for each person

:51:10.:51:14.

that they help. I would like to ask the Minister what work the

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government is doing to work with charities? We are working with

:51:19.:51:22.

prizes and a number of other homeless charities, and local

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authorities and we are working across government because we

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absolutely recognise that prevented people from becoming homeless is the

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key to this issue and I hope that we come forth in the not-too-distant

:51:36.:51:39.

future with announcements to this important issue. Construction of the

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middle which is the bypass would open up substantial opportunities.

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Will the Minister meet with me to discuss how this can be progressed?

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My Honorable friend is one of the most passionate and committed

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advocate for her position that I haven't counsel. I know how much the

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investment that she craves matters to her. I will be delighted to meet

:52:09.:52:12.

her in any representatives that she wishes to bring to see what the

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government can do to help? The Secretary of State said he would

:52:21.:52:23.

re-examine the fact that these also care preset would help the areas

:52:24.:52:30.

that needed the most. The lease. Would he tell the House sticking has

:52:31.:52:34.

updated because the areas that have relied on the sum of the most are

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not giving what they need? I'm very happy to meet him because that is

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not true. The better care from goals provides to those authorities to

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have fewer resources through the present. I'm happy to meet him to

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update him. Thank you Mr Speaker, I welcome the Garda of Lincolnshire

:52:56.:52:59.

devolution deal that has been finalised. Can the Minister assured

:53:00.:53:10.

me that he will look at this and redesignate the whole of ligature to

:53:11.:53:15.

the Smolensk with clue what I would say to my Honorable friend is that I

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don't have any regard to these artificial previous expired

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administrative boundaries. The Lincoln share is proud, my Honorable

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friend is a big champion. And only six years the government has taken

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away many pounds from my counsel. How does the Minister think that

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this has existed? What I would say is that in representations, councils

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across the country including groups like physical studies have been

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selected of this is a better way to allocate resources and councils will

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this as a fairer means. My right honourable friend I have quite

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rightly been concerned about these effectiveness of local government in

:54:15.:54:18.

Birmingham, this is not a party political point because those

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concerns have extended under both conservative and Labour

:54:23.:54:25.

administrations and his negotiations, with the Birmingham

:54:26.:54:29.

improvement panel, under the excellent John Crabtree, what he

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bear in mind the importance of giving the new new Labour leader

:54:33.:54:37.

these days to implement the necessary reforms? I will, and I

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would like to pay to do to John Crabtree and his final panelist. I'm

:54:46.:54:50.

pleased that of the city Council has made progress on the

:54:51.:54:55.

recommendations, the panel has done a lot of work in helping the council

:54:56.:55:00.

to become more responsive, to a of towns at the council will have to

:55:01.:55:04.

overcome to overcome to translate his vision into reality. The

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palindromic today suggesting that they step back and return in the

:55:10.:55:15.

autumn report on how the Council has progressed. I'm very happy to accept

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that recommendation, and I was the well for the month ahead.

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With your permission, I am inquiring about the report of Islam's

:55:27.:55:33.

afternoon for a better devolution and the unit during the evidence

:55:34.:55:36.

session the Secretary of State was kind enough to send he would engage

:55:37.:55:42.

in a discussion for Belfast for a city deal. Can I ask them to

:55:43.:55:46.

reaffirm his commitment to engage in those discussions? I will do with

:55:47.:55:50.

great pleasure and I'll look forward Most common visitors, was pubs

:55:51.:56:03.

cannot be webs of as assets of community values because the wells

:56:04.:56:07.

Labour government opted out, what can Minister Tommy to do to help

:56:08.:56:09.

protect? Mamba friend is trying to get the

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same protections that we have been able to get an inkling. We can work

:56:21.:56:25.

together to convince the boss government that they should be

:56:26.:56:27.

protected in To ask the Chancellor of the

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Exchequer if you will make

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