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Local Government Finance

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

520 c679-97 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Communities and Local Government

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Deposited Paper DEP2010-2253 [74349]
Monday, 13 December 2010
Deposited papers
House of Lords
House of Commons

Council Tax
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Written statements
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Lord Pickles | 520 c695 (Link to this contribution) Madam Deputy Speaker, you have asked for brevity, so I am happy to say no. A longer answer is: not a...

Lord Pickles | 520 c695 (Link to this contribution) I do recognise that, and I apologise to my hon. Friend. I would not have wanted to start from this p...

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Lord Barwell | 520 c695 (Link to this contribution) May I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend's commitment to reforming the fundamentally flawed system ...

Tristram Hunt | 520 c695-6 (Link to this contribution) I have in my hand a rather thin document entitled ““The thinking that underpins the Localism Bill””....

Lord Pickles | 520 c696 (Link to this contribution) We are talking about a regeneration fund, and we will indeed be offering part of the new homes bonus...

Lord Pickles | 520 c697 (Link to this contribution) I have to say that, not so long ago, I was at the Opposition Dispatch Box asking for this kind of mo...

Lord Pickles | 520 c683 (Link to this contribution) Well, so much for gratitude. I do not want to start up the hunting debate again, but we have shot th...

Caroline Flint | 520 c681-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for giving us 40 minutes' advance notice of his statement and its 11 ...

Lord Pickles | 520 c684 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman had clearly prepared his speech before I delivered my statement. How can 8.9% ext...

Andrew Percy | 520 c684 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement and, in particular, the announcement of a general power of competence for lo...

Lord Pickles | 520 c683 (Link to this contribution) I can confirm to my hon. Friend that that will be the case. The present formula is very difficult to...

Lord Pickles | 520 c692 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to tell the hon. Gentleman that Birmingham faces a cut in its spending of 8.3%, and 4...

Lord Pickles | 520 c691 (Link to this contribution) I was not aware of Councillor Shakespeare's remarks until the hon. Gentleman mentioned them. I will ...

Richard Graham | 520 c691 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State's commitment to review business rates revenue. May I encourage him ...

Lord Pickles | 520 c691 (Link to this contribution) I am very aware of my hon. Friend's constituency. I have visited it and know how proactive the counc...

Lord Pickles | 520 c692 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend clearly shows what localism can do, and the Localism Bill will ensure that more commu...

Baroness Berger | 520 c692 (Link to this contribution) Earlier this year, Liverpool, the most deprived local authority, sustained the largest cut to its ar...

Lord Pickles | 520 c691 (Link to this contribution) There are two funds, which add up to just a smidgen over £2 billion. The co-operation of the Departm...

Andrew Griffiths | 520 c690 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate the Secretary of State on protecting adult social care and on listening to local ...

Lord Pickles | 520 c690 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. This move goes hand in hand with increased transparency, because, b...

Andrew Gwynne | 520 c690 (Link to this contribution) No matter what the Secretary of State says, the fact is that Tameside council is preparing for massi...

Lord Pickles | 520 c690 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to report that a number of authorities have gone some considerable way to find savings ...

Lord Pickles | 520 c691 (Link to this contribution) It has been a most dreadful experience, with the moves from the districts to the counties. One of th...

Dennis Skinner | 520 c694 (Link to this contribution) Is the Minister aware that Bolsover lost every single pit when the Tories were last in, and that eve...

Lord Pickles | 520 c694 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to respond to my hon. Friend and to say that the council tax freeze will offer substa...

Bob Blackman | 520 c694 (Link to this contribution) Local authorities all over the country will welcome the £200 million set aside to transform back-off...

Sarah Wollaston | 520 c695 (Link to this contribution) Towns such as Dartmouth and Kingsbridge in my constituency are resisting the imposition of high and ...

Thomas Docherty | 520 c695 (Link to this contribution) Further to the question from the shadow Secretary of State, given that the Secretary of State has re...

Ronnie Campbell | 520 c693 (Link to this contribution) I met the chief executive of my local authority, Northumberland county council, last week. He tells ...

Paul Uppal | 520 c692-3 (Link to this contribution) While I welcome today's statement, particularly the measures that go towards tax incremental finance...

Lord Pickles | 520 c693 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, as part of my job, I have met a number of developers. Those who have reasonably full book...

Lord Pickles | 520 c693 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend should be pleased to know that Devon faces a cut of 1.8% in its spending. One reason ...

Charlie Elphicke | 520 c694 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State share my sadness that such a tough local government settlement was neces...

Lord Pickles | 520 c687 (Link to this contribution) We are all paying a great deal of attention to the squeezed middle, not least those on the Oppositio...

Lord Pickles | 520 c686 (Link to this contribution) One of the great difficulties that I have alluded to is trying to balance relative need with sparsit...

Heather Wheeler | 520 c687 (Link to this contribution) While I congratulate the Secretary of State on looking after the most vulnerable people in society, ...

Louise Ellman | 520 c686 (Link to this contribution) Liverpool is the most deprived city in the country and 40% of 16 to 18-year-olds there are about to ...

Lord Pickles | 520 c685-6 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. I am delighted that the reductions in Cornwall will be 3.9% ne...

Lord Pickles | 520 c686 (Link to this contribution) I made a very pleasant visit to Liverpool earlier this year and had the opportunity to meet and spen...

Lord Pickles | 520 c685 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady will be pleased to know that Lewisham faces a drop in spending of 6.5% this year and 4...

Lord Pickles | 520 c685 (Link to this contribution) The latter point will of course be a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Envi...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 520 c685 (Link to this contribution) This announcement is the other side of the coin for flood defence spending. Will my right hon. Frien...

Lord Blunkett | 520 c684 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman, whom I must describe as Eric through the looking glass, on ...

Lord Pickles | 520 c684 (Link to this contribution) Increasingly, we will encourage more parish councils to be formed. We believe that the neighbourhood...

Lord Pickles | 520 c689 (Link to this contribution) Authorities with elderly residents, of course, will be some of the relatively big gainers because of...

Lord Pickles | 520 c689 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman would not have dreamed of the relative needs level of 83%. Frankly, somebod...

George Howarth | 520 c689 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will be aware that grant floors are important to boroughs such as Knowsley. C...

Lord Pickles | 520 c689 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. We have got rid of comprehensive area assessments and all the ...

Justin Tomlinson | 520 c688 (Link to this contribution) I support powers to veto excessive council tax rates, especially for those on fixed incomes. That wi...

Nick Raynsford | 520 c688 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State expresses surprise that we are not rejoicing at the settlement that he has an...

Lord Pickles | 520 c687 (Link to this contribution) I believe that Dorset gets a 0.1% increase in its financing; I hope that it will not go mad and squa...

Speaker | 520 c687 (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind hon. Members that questions are supposed to be short. If the answers could be short ...

Lord Pickles | 520 c679-81 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement on finance for English local authorit...

David Rutley | 520 c692 (Link to this contribution) In Macclesfield, we are fortunate to have the wonderful Bollington leisure centre, which is run by t...

Lord Pickles | 520 c694 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman would be better to can the abuse and read the plain English guide to the settleme...

Speaker | 520 c696 (Link to this contribution) Order. We are not talking about the Localism Bill; we are talking about the settlement. As the hon. ...

Liz Kendall | 520 c691 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State tell the House how much money councils will be getting from the NHS to s...

Derek Twigg | 520 c693 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State lost his train of thought this morning on the ““Today”” programme, which we c...

Lord Pickles | 520 c690 (Link to this contribution) Tameside is enjoying considerable protection because of the three steps that I have announced, which...

Clive Betts | 520 c687 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State is right that local government was fearful of the up-front nature of the cuts...

Bob Ainsworth | 520 c686 (Link to this contribution) As Coventry council declares hundreds of redundancies, how does the Secretary of State justify his d...

Lord Pickles | 520 c686-7 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is a very distinguished Member of the House, and he should know not to beli...

Rory Stewart | 520 c686 (Link to this contribution) Given the unique problems faced by rural areas and the incredible creativity and energy with which t...

Stephen Gilbert | 520 c685 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree that the ending of ring fencing announced today and the introducti...

Joan Ruddock | 520 c685 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State speaks of fair, sustainable and progressive proposals, but he must be using a...

Lord Pickles | 520 c684-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for the allusion. He seems to be vying for the title of the Red Que...

Stephen Timms | 520 c689 (Link to this contribution) Given what the Secretary of State has said about fairness, why is it that from looking through the l...

James Morris | 520 c690 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State's announcement today. Is it not the case that across the country, t...

Lord Pickles | 520 c689-90 (Link to this contribution) I wish to make it absolutely clear that obviously, authorities that are more dependent on the grant ...

Anne Main | 520 c689 (Link to this contribution) Under the previous Government, St Albans city and district council, like other councils, laboured un...

John Pugh | 520 c689 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State clarify whether the new formula more adequately addresses the needs of a...

Lord Pickles | 520 c689 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to do that. Let us deal first with social services authorities. In 2011-12, the floor wil...

Lord Pickles | 520 c688 (Link to this contribution) Of course, I hope that it will not be necessary to cap any authority this year. I rather hope that t...

Lord Pickles | 520 c688 (Link to this contribution) For Salford, the reduction in spending power will be 8.5% next year and 3.9% the following year. The...

Hazel Blears | 520 c688 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State says that he is being generous in putting £30 million of his departmental bud...

Lord Pickles | 520 c688 (Link to this contribution) In the interests of brevity, I congratulate Tamworth. That is the kind of Tamworth declaration that ...

Speaker | 520 c688 (Link to this contribution) Order. I have only just said to the House that there should be short questions. That does not mean t...

Christopher Pincher | 520 c687-8 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend commend Lichfield district council and Tamworth borough council on leading...

Lord Pickles | 520 c694 (Link to this contribution) They will gain access in precisely the same way they have gained access this year and in previous ye...

Denis MacShane | 520 c694 (Link to this contribution) The verdict on this policy will be delivered next May and in May 2012, and I fear that the Secretary...

Lord Pickles | 520 c695 (Link to this contribution) Given that the reduction in spending for Rotherham is just 5%, it should be in a strong position to ...

Lord Pickles | 520 c695 (Link to this contribution) It is always a bit of an inconvenience when the public make their position known—democracy is always...

Lord Pickles | 520 c696 (Link to this contribution) Except for the abuse, it sounds as if the hon. Gentleman might be ready to defect across the Chamber...

Jason McCartney | 520 c696 (Link to this contribution) My Colne Valley constituents, and in particular the Lingards community association, are excited abou...

Graham P Jones | 520 c696 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State said in his statement that there are ““substantial incentives available for c...

Speaker | 520 c696 (Link to this contribution) Order. No, the hon. Gentleman will not raise another point. This has already gone on for a long time...

Emily Thornberry | 520 c696-7 (Link to this contribution) Those responsible for providing adult social care who have heard the right hon. Gentleman predicting...

Henry Smith | 520 c683 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome this truly progressive statement. I congratulate my local authorities in Crawley...

Simon Danczuk | 520 c683-4 (Link to this contribution) Although the Secretary of State clearly has the stomach for these terrible cuts, that is not the cas...

Ronnie Campbell | 520 c692 (Link to this contribution) It was the banks.

Richard Burden | 520 c691-2 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will know that, in the early part of the year, before the general election, B...

Michael Dugher | 520 c691 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State think that Mr David Shakespeare should remain as leader of the Conservat...

Julian Smith | 520 c691 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Secretary of State how he has dealt with the mess that he inherited from the previous ...

Lord Pickles | 520 c694 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is entirely wrong. Bolsover will receive the full protection of the 8.9% cap in t...

Lord Pickles | 520 c692 (Link to this contribution) One of the reasons why the hon. Lady's constituents and the fine city of Liverpool face a problem is...

Lord Pickles | 520 c693 (Link to this contribution) I have good news for the hon. Gentleman in terms of the loss of spending power, which is just 5.6% t...

Anne Marie Morris | 520 c693 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that rurality and the age of the population will be taken into account, but may I hav...

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Disability Council tax Council tax capping Expenditure Home care services Local government Local government finance Older people Business rates Local government services Social services

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