Estimates day on Thursday, 10 December 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Phyllis Starkey. The answering member was Barbara Follett.

Central and Local Government

Vote on account 2010-11. First estimates day (part two). Motion that, for the year ending with 31 March 2011, for expenditure by the Department for Communities and Local Government— (1) resources, not exceeding £17,434,832,000, be authorised, on account, for use as set out in HC 33, and (2) a sum, not exceeding £17,433,673,000, be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated Fund, on account, to meet the costs as so set out. Question deferred. Resolved.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 502 c573-606
Session: 2009-10
Department: Department for Communities and Local Government
Procedure: Supply estimates
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: The balance of power: central and local government. Government response to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee's sixth report of session 2008-09 (HC 33).
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Command papers
House of Commons; The balance of power: central and local government. Communities and Local Government Select Committee sixth report in 2 volumes with formal minutes and evidence (HC 813-i-iv 2007-08 and HC 33-i-iii 2008-09 not printed separately).
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Estimates
Monday, 30 November 2009
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons; Central government supply estimates 2010-11: vote on account.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
House of Commons papers
House of Commons; Vote on Account, 2010-11
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Formal proceedings
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Phyllis Starkey | 502 c578 (Link to this contribution) Indeed.; Barbara Follett | 502 c603-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank all the members of the Select Committee on Communities and Local Government for this timely ...; Robert Neill | 502 c600-2 (Link to this contribution) Like the hon. Member for North Cornwall (Dan Rogerson), I think this has been a useful, interesting ...; Dan Rogerson | 502 c599-600 (Link to this contribution) That is a fair point. Obviously, there need to be equalisation measures. As the hon. Gentleman has s...; Paul Beresford | 502 c602 (Link to this contribution) I have read the report, or a report on the report, and it suggests that there could be savings of £4...; Dan Rogerson | 502 c598 (Link to this contribution) I sense that the hon. Gentleman is ready to jump in on that point.; Dan Rogerson | 502 c598-9 (Link to this contribution) When I say a long time, I am not talking about decades but, ideally, within the period of a Parliame...; Clive Betts | 502 c599 (Link to this contribution) When the hon. Gentleman answered—half-answered—the question in my previous intervention by saying th...; Dan Rogerson | 502 c597-8 (Link to this contribution) It is a shame that more hon. Members have not had the opportunity to participate in this important d...; David Drew | 502 c595-7 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I do not wish to cast aspersions or try in any way to wish e...; Paul Beresford | 502 c595 (Link to this contribution) The situation is more difficult than that, because the power of the elected leader of the group over...; Clive Betts | 502 c583 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes, South-West (Dr. Starkey) said a few minutes ago, the...; Paul Beresford | 502 c581-3 (Link to this contribution) I think that in the light of the earlier point of order I should explain that although I am an ethni...; David Drew | 502 c594-5 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to be able to take part in this debate. I apologise for not being here at the start t...; Neil Turner | 502 c590-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the debate. In the new year I shall be taking up ...; Clive Betts | 502 c583-8 (Link to this contribution) I will accept the hon. Gentleman's point, but the Government of the time, as a whole, had a certain ...; Phyllis Starkey | 502 c575-6 (Link to this contribution) I am not going to comment on the detail of that, because I suspect that I take a rather different vi...; Robert Syms | 502 c575 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes a powerful point. As a result of that case, the Badman review is taking place. I...; Phyllis Starkey | 502 c573-5 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I shall try and moderate what I say to make sure that there is ample ...; Speaker | 502 c573 (Link to this contribution) Before I call the Chairman of the Select Committee, may I just observe that there is less time avail...; Phyllis Starkey | 502 c579-80 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. Of course, the Government have introduced the supplementary business rate, although that...; Clive Betts | 502 c579 (Link to this contribution) On the issue of the business rate and how councils might misuse it if they got it back, I am sure th...; Phyllis Starkey | 502 c580-1 (Link to this contribution) We may have discussed that, but I do not recall doing so. We were thinking that it would be analogou...; Dan Rogerson | 502 c580 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Lady and her Committee on their report. In their discussions on having a Joi...; Clive Betts | 502 c578 (Link to this contribution) Or change her mind.; Phyllis Starkey | 502 c578-9 (Link to this contribution) It is difficult to blame one set of people at one point. The fact is that, over the decades, a varie...; Andrew Pelling | 502 c578 (Link to this contribution) Some of the Committee's proposals are very similar to those of the Layfield report. Does the hon. La...; Phyllis Starkey | 502 c576-8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman anticipates one of the specific proposals—albeit not in relation to the London Ma...; Andrew Pelling | 502 c576 (Link to this contribution) May I proffer another example? Although the devolution to London was extremely welcome, we ended up ...; Clive Betts | 502 c598 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman tempts me, and I thank him for giving way. It is interesting that local income ta...; Robert Syms | 502 c588-90 (Link to this contribution) I have been a Member of Parliament for about 13 years. I have also served for four years as a distri...; Barbara Follett | 502 c604-6 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman that variations up to a certain point can and should be the choice o...; Paul Beresford | 502 c604 (Link to this contribution) I did not mention it, but several Labour Members did, pointing out that if there is a certain minimu...; Robert Neill | 502 c602-3 (Link to this contribution) That is entirely right, and compared with the total costs of reporting that is modest and achievable...; Paul Beresford | 502 c583 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman may remember, I inherited that when I became a Minister. Just before the elect...
Subjects: Accountability Central government Council tax Local government Powers Public expenditure
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