To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relationship between the delivery of statutory services by local authorities and the financial sustainability of local authorities.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing to Kent County Council’s preparations for a no deal Brexit.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the effectiveness of the Northern Powerhouse strategy following the resignation of the mayor of Liverpool from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families left homeless after the Grenfell Tower fire are still not in permanent accommodation.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the briefing paper by the Centre for Public Scrutiny and Localis Decline and fall: understanding how and why local government fails, what leads to central Government intervention, and what ...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to bring into force those parts of the Localism Act 2011 not yet commenced.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to bring into force those parts of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 not yet commenced.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support World Encephalitis Day on 22 February 2019.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, what legislation from the Home Office has been passed into law since 1 June 2010 but is still waiting to be brought into force.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, what legislation from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and its predecessor department, has been passed into law since 1 June 2010 but is still waiting to be brought into force.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the new metro mayors have made use of the bus franchising powers granted to them by the Bus Services Act 2017.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the (1) Domestic and (2) Non-Domestic, Renewable Heat Incentive schemes.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how many children learn to play a musical instrument in school; and whether the number has risen or fallen since 1997.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing for the extension of metro services to Dudley.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure mental health services provided by companies and charities are delivered to at least an adequate and safe standard.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the emphasis local authorities are giving to social value in their commissioning decisions.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the reasonable worst-case scenarios that they have asked local resilience forums to work on.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for further voter ID pilots in next year’s local elections; and how lessons learnt from the 2018 pilots will inform decisions regarding any pilots next year.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review their intervention regime for local authorities in crisis.
To ask Her Majesty's Government with which local authorities they are currently holding discussions regarding possible transition to unitary status.