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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:33 am on 7 September 2017.

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Photo of Ruth Smeeth Ruth Smeeth Labour, Stoke-on-Trent North 10:33, 7 September 2017

At the end of this month, Sneyd Green community centre in my constituency may well be closing its doors, after seven years of attempting to carry out a community asset transfer. Local volunteers, led by John Reynolds, have worked tirelessly, but have simply not received the support they should have received from the local authority. May we have a debate in Government time about what the big society really looks like now, and about what support can be provided to volunteers in such a situation?