Public service is about dedication, resilience and delivering for those who need it most, and as she prepares to retire next week, Denise McGuckin, the chief executive of Hartlepool borough council, has exemplified those qualities throughout an outstanding career. It has been my privilege to work with Denise for two...

Public service is about dedication, resilience and delivering for those who need it most, and as she prepares to retire next week, Denise McGuckin, the chief executive of Hartlepool borough council, has exemplified those qualities throughout an outstanding career. It has been my privilege to work with Denise for two...

My hon. Friend is right to pay tribute to Denise McGuckin. Civil servants work tirelessly to serve our local communities, and they are the very foundations of local government. Chief executives have a tremendously important role to play in leadership, so I join him in wishing Denise a well-deserved retirement...

My hon. Friend is right to pay tribute to Denise McGuckin. Civil servants work tirelessly to serve our local communities, and they are the very foundations of local government. Chief executives have a tremendously important role to play in leadership, so I join him in wishing Denise a well-deserved retirement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his Department's policy is on allowing Hartlepool borough council to change its model of local authority governance from elected mayor to (a) leader and cabinet and (b) councillor committee structure; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his Department's policy is on allowing Hartlepool borough council to change its model of local authority governance from elected mayor to (a) leader and cabinet and (b) councillor committee structure; and if he will make a statement.

SI 1996/657 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 1 April 1996.

SI 1996/657 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 1 April 1996.

Draft SI on North Eastern Sea Fisheries District (Constitution of Committee and Expenses) (Variation) (Negative instrument). Laid before Parliament to lie for 40 days during which period either House may resolve that the Order be not made. Made 31 March 1996 (SI 1996/1034). Coming into force 1 April 1996.

Draft SI on North Eastern Sea Fisheries District (Constitution of Committee and Expenses) (Variation) (Negative instrument). Laid before Parliament to lie for 40 days during which period either House may resolve that the Order be not made. Made 31 March 1996 (SI 1996/1034). Coming into force 1 April 1996.