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Communities in Control

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

478 c1411-28 

Session

2007-08

Department

Department for Communities and Local Government

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Communities in control: Real people, real power.
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
Command papers
House of Commons
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Hazel Blears | 478 c1428 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman think it right and proper, in a modern, 21st-century democracy, that someone...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1428 (Link to this contribution) No. It is a sad day when people are prepared to impose draconian rules barring individuals from poli...

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Hazel Blears | 478 c1420-1 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is on the enthusiastic wing of his party when it comes to local democracy, but I ...

Douglas Carswell | 478 c1420 (Link to this contribution) The Government are right to recognise the need for more direct democracy and radically to devolve po...

Lynda Waltho | 478 c1421 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her statement and the White Paper. The ideas on empowerment a...

Lord Beith | 478 c1421 (Link to this contribution) When the right hon. Lady spoke about the NHS and consensus, she seemed to overlook the point that th...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1421 (Link to this contribution) I should be delighted to visit my hon. Friend's area to discuss what action can be taken on those ve...

Tony Wright | 478 c1422 (Link to this contribution) Apart from the proposals for referendums on directly elected mayors, does my right hon. Friend think...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1422 (Link to this contribution) This White Paper is about transferring power to citizens and communities. It does not profess to be ...

Brian Binley | 478 c1423 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State has said that local government is vital, and I am sure that we all agree. How...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1423 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I commend Leicester city council on some of the steps that i...

Peter Soulsby | 478 c1422-3 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Secretary of State on her statement and on the White Paper, because the measures ...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1422 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that welcome. The issue is controversial for some people, bu...

Gary Streeter | 478 c1422 (Link to this contribution) I commend the Secretary of State on planting in an otherwise slightly disappointing statement a pear...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1422 (Link to this contribution) Yes; there is a provision for neighbourhood councils to hold local polls, and I want to do more work...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1423 (Link to this contribution) I presume that the hon. Gentleman is referring to our debate just last week about the independent pl...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1424 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend, like several Members, has a tremendous record not only on empowering his community, ...

Tom Levitt | 478 c1423-4 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is absolutely right to point out that voting and elections are healthy and impo...

Speaker | 478 c1424 (Link to this contribution) Order. I must say to the hon. Lady that we are talking about one supplementary. There was a movement...

Anne Main | 478 c1424 (Link to this contribution) Some aspects of the Secretary of State's announcement were statements of the blindingly obvious. I c...

Andrew Gwynne | 478 c1424 (Link to this contribution) Is it not the case that properly engaging with local communities on issues that matter empowers loca...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1424 (Link to this contribution) Consultation and involvement should involve dialogue and conversation, and my experience is that peo...

Andrew Turner | 478 c1425 (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Lady believe that the majority on a council should also form the majority on the...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1425 (Link to this contribution) Again, my hon. Friend has a great record on supporting his community. He also has a four-star, excel...

Jeff Ennis | 478 c1425 (Link to this contribution) I ask my question as a great supporter of town and parish councils, as a former town councillor and ...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1425 (Link to this contribution) Very often in local authorities, scrutiny is led by the opposition, and clearly that is a matter for...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1426 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has extensive experience of local government, as do a number of people in the House, ...

David Clelland | 478 c1426 (Link to this contribution) I am an honorary alderman of Gateshead council—[Hon. Members: ““Hear, hear.””]—an honour conferred o...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1425-6 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made a very important point. White Papers are never, and should never be, the...

Nick Hurd | 478 c1425 (Link to this contribution) I wholly support the principle that local people should have much more influence over the decisions ...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1427 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, the people of Swindon have a formidable champion in their Member of Parliament. I am deligh...

Anne Snelgrove | 478 c1427 (Link to this contribution) I commend my right hon. Friend for her very strong statement, but there is a great deal of cynicism ...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1426-7 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Gentleman will acknowledge that there were a range of views on the proposals, ...

Edward Timpson | 478 c1426 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will recall my predecessor's clear view of the Secretary of State's decision,...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1419-20 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely confirm that the White Paper places an emphasis on the representative democracy that is...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1420 (Link to this contribution) As ever, my hon. Friend makes some important and considered points. The proposal on e-petitioning wi...

Julia Goldsworthy | 478 c1417-8 (Link to this contribution) I, too, thank the Secretary of State for advance notice of the White Paper and of her statement this...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1418-9 (Link to this contribution) If the real test of any announcement was that people would wake up within 24 hours and feel that the...

Ronnie Campbell | 478 c1419 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State has talked about local democracy, but I remind her what happened in Northumbe...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1419 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will accept that the unitary authority proposals came from communities and local auth...

David Curry | 478 c1419 (Link to this contribution) The statement resembles an extremely cheap cup of cappuccino, with a huge amount of froth but no det...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1417 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend has a lot of previous history on this agenda, from as long ago as when he was a...

Lord Blunkett | 478 c1416-7 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend not only on her proposals but on her energy, commitment and advo...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1415-6 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the damascene conversion of the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) to havin...

Lord Pickles | 478 c1414-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Lady for giving me advance sight both of her statement and of this e...

Speaker | 478 c1413 (Link to this contribution) Order. Hon. Members must allow the Minister to speak.

Hazel Blears | 478 c1411-3 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement about ““Communities in control—Real p...

Dennis Skinner | 478 c1420 (Link to this contribution) In the past, battles were fought and blood was spilled to get the vote and for collective responsibi...

Mark Francois | 478 c1428 (Link to this contribution) The answer to the right hon. Lady's question is yes. It is an important facet of our local democracy...

Hazel Blears | 478 c1425 (Link to this contribution) There are 70,000 local town and parish councillors, so they are a very important part of our local d...

Philip Hollobone | 478 c1427-8 (Link to this contribution) As a councillor on Kettering borough council, may I say that there will be huge concern throughout t...

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