Speeches by Fahnbulleh.

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“Lords amendment 13 disagreed to.”

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“After Clause 37”

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“I will not give away, but I will pick up the hon. Member’s point about local government reorganisation. In his defence, he has been consistent on this throughout all these debates. Candidly, if we think about the near decade and a half that the last Government had to deal with local government issues, while we recognis…”

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“Brownfield land priority”

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“I will make progress because there is very little time left. I do have to take issue with the point about neighbourhood governance. We are told that we are centralising and trying to impose models on communities, yet on the question of neighbourhood governance, the hon. Member for Guildford and her party want to impose…”

“No, to our mayors, our local leaders and our communities. Not acknowledging that is quite simply churlish. The right hon. Gentleman raised the key issue of scrutiny of commissioners and all the key decision makers at strategic authority level. We recognise and agree with that, which is why we have included amendments t…”

“On private taxis and private hire vehicles, while we agree with Baroness Casey’s view, expressed in her report published last year, that in the vast majority of these trades the drivers, vehicle proprietors or private hire vehicle operators are hard-working and law-abiding people who take pride in their work, it is rig…”

“With the leave of the House, I will close what has been a considered and insightful debate. Many hard-working communities in this country have been neglected for far too long. They have seen good jobs disappear, their high streets decline, and the dream of a decent, affordable home fade. This Bill will do the job of em…”

“I will make progress. I am happy to give the House a commitment that the Government will not commence these ministerial powers of direction for two years following Royal Assent, nor will we use the powers to provide for a mayor without local consent for a period of four years following Royal Assent. I hope that that wi…”

“Lords amendments 43 to 79 provide that any licensing authority may temporarily suspend with immediate effect any licence, whether issued by that authority or by any other in England being exercised in its area, where necessary to address a risk to public safety. The new clauses place certain duties and obligations on t…”

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“The Deputy Speaker put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time (Standing Order No. 83F).”

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“Greater London Authority Act 1999: amendment of Schedule 6”