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To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the introduction of an elected mayor for the Greater Manchester combined authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the introduction of an elected mayor for the Greater Manchester combined authority.
In our White Paper response to Lord Heseltine's report on promoting economic growth, we stated that we would seek legislation for mayors of conurbations, such as Greater Manchester, where the councils concerned wanted this; no councils have asked for this.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2013, Official Report, column 696W, on local government: conditions of employment, whether elected mayors are employees.
[145811]
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2013, Official Report, column 696W, on local government: conditions of employment, whether elected mayors are employees.
[145811]
I refer the right hon. Member to my answer of 10 January 2013, Official Report, column 406W, neither councillors nor elected mayors are employees, rather they hold elected office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether elected mayors are employees.
[143743]
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether elected mayors are employees.
[143743]
I refer the right hon. Member to my answer to him of 10 January 2013, Official Report, column 406W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what sanctions his Department is considering following the report by Ofcom into the political broadcasts of the Mayor of Tower Hamlets.
[142111]
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what sanctions his Department is considering following the report by Ofcom into the political broadcasts of the Mayor of Tower Hamlets.
[142111]
In its ruling last month, Ofcom censured five television channels for running advertisements for the Mayor of Tower Hamlets which contravened the prohibition on political advertising. It noted that one of the television channels would have been fined with a
“substantial statutory sanction” had it not already ceased trading and surrendered its broadcasting licence. The political advertisements were funded by taxpayers' money.
Tower Hamlets' political broadcasts were a breach of the Communications Act 2003, the UK Code of Broadcast Advertising and the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity. Although Ofcom has the power to censure or fine broadcasters, it has no power to take any action against an advertiser.
The use of taxpayers' money for political campaigning is simply not acceptable, and this is in addition to Tower Hamlets' disregard of the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity through its continuing publication of its weekly propaganda newspaper, East End Life. Such actions are not just a misuse of public funds, they are ultimately harmful to local democracy and an independent, free press. It is also further evidence of a worrying pattern of divisive community politics and mismanagement of council staff and resources by the mayoral administration.
We are looking at putting the Publicity Code on a statutory basis to address this corrosive abuse of taxpayers' money.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on whether (a) councillors and (b) elected mayors are covered by the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000.
[136868]
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on whether (a) councillors and (b) elected mayors are covered by the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000.
[136868]
None, as councillors are not employees.
I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) for providing this opportunity to have what is, in the light of what is going on, a hugely important debate. The debate is also timely because the Localism Act 2011 received Royal Assent more than...
I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) for providing this opportunity to have what is, in the light of what is going on, a hugely important debate. The debate is also timely because the Localism Act 2011 received Royal Assent more than...
Bear in mind that that is a decision for the individual member, as it is when we declare an interest in the House. Councillors must decide whether, at the point of a decision, they have an open mind, having heard all the evidence. If someone has been campaigning heavily against...
Bear in mind that that is a decision for the individual member, as it is when we declare an interest in the House. Councillors must decide whether, at the point of a decision, they have an open mind, having heard all the evidence. If someone has been campaigning heavily against...
I will address the transitional arrangements in a moment, but, yes, we do have to consider that.
The advice in the Wiltshire case makes little sense. The advice refers to a pecuniary interest in any matter, but it focuses on the word “any,” which is completely the wrong end of the...
I will address the transitional arrangements in a moment, but, yes, we do have to consider that.
The advice in the Wiltshire case makes little sense. The advice refers to a pecuniary interest in any matter, but it focuses on the word “any,” which is completely the wrong end of the...
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Carlisle (John Stevenson) on securing the debate and I am grateful to him for giving us the opportunity to air a hugely important issue. I join colleagues who have congratulated him not just on today’s debate, but on the way he has...
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Carlisle (John Stevenson) on securing the debate and I am grateful to him for giving us the opportunity to air a hugely important issue. I join colleagues who have congratulated him not just on today’s debate, but on the way he has...
On 12 September 2001, the then Department for Transport, Local Government and The Regions announced plans to give taxpayer-funded pensions to councillors, through access to the local government pension scheme.
The proposals came into force in 2003. The Councillors’ Commission report of the last Administration noted that 912 councillors in England...
On 12 September 2001, the then Department for Transport, Local Government and The Regions announced plans to give taxpayer-funded pensions to councillors, through access to the local government pension scheme.
The proposals came into force in 2003. The Councillors’ Commission report of the last Administration noted that 912 councillors in England...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the powers available to elected mayors in respect of overturning a local authority decision on budgets and policy frameworks.
[124233]
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the powers available to elected mayors in respect of overturning a local authority decision on budgets and policy frameworks.
[124233]
[holding answer 22 October 2012]: Mayors should have all the powers they need to exercise their executive responsibilities to fulfil the mandate their electorate has given them. Accordingly, within the totality of the budget and any broad strategic plan adopted by the council, mayors must be free to exercise their executive functions as they see fit and on which they are accountable to their electorate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will provide guidance to local authorities on (a) transitional governance arrangements and (b) budget setting processes in the event of their electorate voting against continuing with directly elected mayoral systems in November 2012; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will provide guidance to local authorities on (a) transitional governance arrangements and (b) budget setting processes in the event of their electorate voting against continuing with directly elected mayoral systems in November 2012; and if he will...
Implementing changes to governance arrangements is a local matter. It is for the council concerned to adopt such transitional arrangements and budget setting processes as it thinks fit within the statutory framework, which provides that, where the electorate votes to move from the mayoral model, the mayor continues to hold office until the end of his or her term.
I thank the right hon. Lady. As a councillor from 1998 to 2009, I watched councillors and residents become frustrated time and again because councillors could not properly represent residents on a range of issues owing to Government guidelines, particularly on planning. Surely the right hon. Lady would agree that...
I thank the right hon. Lady. As a councillor from 1998 to 2009, I watched councillors and residents become frustrated time and again because councillors could not properly represent residents on a range of issues owing to Government guidelines, particularly on planning. Surely the right hon. Lady would agree that...
I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way so graciously, but, notwithstanding his comments about social housing, does he accept that, according to Shelter, seven of the top 10 providers in the country are Conservative-controlled councils?
I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way so graciously, but, notwithstanding his comments about social housing, does he accept that, according to Shelter, seven of the top 10 providers in the country are Conservative-controlled councils?
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?