Results 1–20 of 3000 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Clive Betts

Business of the House (21 Mar 2024)

Clive Betts: The First Reading of the Football Governance Bill last week was welcome, but when will we see Second Reading? There was no mention of it in today’s business statement. We want to get the Bill through in time before the general election so that it becomes law, as it has widespread support. One thing that was not mentioned at all was the Renters (Reform) Bill. Where has that got to? All we...

Business of the House (21 Mar 2024)

Clive Betts: The First Reading of the Football Governance Bill last week was welcome, but when will we see Second Reading? There was no mention of it in today’s business statement. We want to get the Bill through in time before the general election so that it becomes law, as it has widespread support. One thing that was not mentioned at all was the Renters (Reform) Bill. Where has that got to? All we...

Business of the House (21 Mar 2024)

Clive Betts: The First Reading of the Football Governance Bill last week was welcome, but when will we see Second Reading? There was no mention of it in today’s business statement. We want to get the Bill through in time before the general election so that it becomes law, as it has widespread support. One thing that was not mentioned at all was the Renters (Reform) Bill. Where has that got to? All we...

Planning Reform — [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair] (13 Mar 2024)

Clive Betts: We now move on to the Front Benchers. For Labour, Matthew Pennycook.

Income Tax (Charge) (12 Mar 2024)

Clive Betts: Is it not therefore disappointing that while the Government have assumed 5% productivity increases in the Budget, they are also assuming that central funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will be cut by 2.3% a year in real terms for four years? Even if a 5% increase in productivity were achieved, it would fill only half the gap caused by the cuts in local...

Income Tax (Charge) (12 Mar 2024)

Clive Betts: I am pleased that the Minister is in charge of that programme. Perhaps she can explain a little more about it. Local government currently has a deficit of about £4 billion. In the productivity plan for local government, the Government highlighted the need to reduce waste on equality, diversity and inclusion. I have found no Government figure showing how much that will save, but the...

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Local Authority Finance ( 4 Mar 2024)

Clive Betts: The Select Committee recently produced a report on local government finance in which we said that the Government must act now if local authorities are to survive this severe crisis. What has the Secretary of State done? He has asked every local authority to produce a productivity plan. That sounds a bit like advising councils how to spend better the money they have not got. He has asked local...

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill: New Clause 26 - LTA 1985: Crown application (27 Feb 2024)

Clive Betts: It is five years since we produced the Select Committee report on leasehold reform. It came after long years of campaigning by the all-party parliamentary group on leasehold and commonhold reform, and I particularly commend the efforts of the Father of the House, the hon. Member for Worthing West (Sir Peter Bottomley), who has just spoken; my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and...

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill: New Clause 26 - LTA 1985: Crown application (27 Feb 2024)

Clive Betts: Absolutely. I hope the Minister will have a look at the whole issue of freeholders who will not respond. That certainly applies to many who are overseas, with whom it is very difficult to get in touch. I will not press new clause 40 to the vote, but the purpose of it is to say to the Minister that the default answer cannot be that the leaseholder can always go to a tribunal. Most leaseholders...

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill: New Clause 26 - LTA 1985: Crown application (27 Feb 2024)

Clive Betts: The Minister is talking about the information on houses. Will it also apply to flats so that, before anyone buys a property, it must be explained to them that they are buying a lease and what that entails? I tabled new clause 38, which says that everyone buying a lease should be presented with a copy of the Government’s “How to Lease” document. Everyone in this situation should be...

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill: New Clause 26 - LTA 1985: Crown application (27 Feb 2024)

Clive Betts: The Minister might anticipate the question I am going to ask, because I have asked it before. It is fine giving leaseholders easier ways to buy their freehold, until we come across companies such as Coppen Estates, which we have debated before. It just does not reply to letters. I think that we are now on our third recorded delivery letter to the company about the residents on the Flockton...

Ceasefire in Gaza (21 Feb 2024)

Clive Betts: We all want to see the fighting stopped. We cannot begin to imagine the horrors of what will happen if Israel goes into Rafah. The problem, as I think we can all imagine, is that Israel might ignore international opinion and do just that. Can we start to think about what action we will take—what sanctions we will propose—against Israel if it does that? There have to be consequences for...

Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Feb 2024)

Clive Betts: It is now more than two years since the fan-led review on football governance was produced. Will the Prime Minister commit to setting up an independent regulator, with the up-front power to intervene to achieve a fairer distribution of football’s enormous riches, to ensure that no community in future loses its football club, as happened in Bury? Will he commit to bringing forward...

Defence: Ukraine: Military Support (19 Feb 2024)

Clive Betts: What steps he has taken to increase military support for Ukraine.

Defence: Ukraine: Military Support (19 Feb 2024)

Clive Betts: I thank the Minister for that response. There is clearly widespread support in this House and the country for helping Ukraine to resist Russian aggression, but there are concerns, given that President Zelensky has recently identified a shortage of arms and ammunition, particularly in the light of the impasse in the US Congress. What discussions has the Minister had with his counterparts in...

Defence: Topical Questions (19 Feb 2024)

Clive Betts: So far, Israel has ignored international appeals to not indiscriminately attack civilians and not take steps that are basically razing Gaza to the ground. It now looks as though it is going to ignore international opinion about entering Rafah, so has the time not now come for us to consider not selling to Israel arms that can be used in those totally unacceptable ways?

Transport: Taxi Licensing ( 8 Feb 2024)

Clive Betts: What steps he is taking to ensure consistent standards of taxi licensing across local authorities.

Transport: Taxi Licensing ( 8 Feb 2024)

Clive Betts: Taxis and private hire vehicles are a very personal service, and it is important for customers that both the vehicles and the drivers have proper safety checks, so that if things go wrong they can take a complaint to the licensing authority. The problem is that when that authority is 100 miles away in Wolverhampton, the system simply does not work. When will the Minister legislate to ensure...

Local Government Finance ( 7 Feb 2024)

Clive Betts: I take the Minister back to the beginning of the debate, when the Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety talked about doing a long-term review of local government finance in the next Parliament. The difference, of course, is that the Government have been in power for the last 14 years and could have done something about it.

Local Government Finance ( 7 Feb 2024)

Clive Betts: Not too soon.


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