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Hazel Blears Name: Hazel Blears
Occupation: Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Country: UK
Total Questions: 16
Total Answers: 4
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  1. anaylo asked Hazel Blears: "Does the Secretary of State agree that redundant town centre assets should be transferred on a temporary basis into local authority and community ownership to facilitate the development of community enterprise..." Show more »"Does the Secretary of State agree that redundant town centre assets should be transferred on a temporary basis into local authority and community ownership to facilitate the development of community enterprise during the recession - thereby reinvigorating 'ghost towns' and supporting young unemployed graduates into self-employment within the third sector where the private sector is withdrawing?" Show less »
  2. Hazel Blears answer: "click 'play' to view."
  4. Is this a good answer?    24    7
  5. 0 comment   |  Topic: Jobs   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 27 2009 8:37:55 PM
  7. MartinMurphy asked Hazel Blears: "If bloggers were to form a national association, do you think they'd have a role to play in strengthening communities? And would such an association attract government funding and other incentives? ..." Show more »"If bloggers were to form a national association, do you think they'd have a role to play in strengthening communities? And would such an association attract government funding and other incentives? " Show less »
  8. Hazel Blears answer: "Click 'play' to view."
  10. Is this a good answer?    12    1
  11. 0 comment   |  Topic: Local Issues   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 27 2009 8:31:28 PM
  13. ordinaryboy asked Hazel Blears: "Why has it proved so hard to get the views of ordinary people heard?"
  14. Hazel Blears answer: "Click 'play' to view."
  16. Is this a good answer?    60    11
  17. 2 comments   |  Topic: Local Issues   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 27 2009 8:35:32 PM
  19. SiGreen asked Hazel Blears: "In the 80's- at a time of severe recession- we had anti-police riots and the rise of the extreme right. Are you confident that we will see nothing like that this time? why?"
  20. Hazel Blears answer: "Click 'play' to view."
  22. Is this a good answer?    10    0
  23. 0 comment   |  Topic: Local Issues   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 27 2009 8:40:42 PM
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  1. ordinaryboy is asking Hazel Blears: "will you support a local authority or one of its partners to use  exemptions from competition to enable community and local voluntary groups a fair chance of delivering their own public services?"
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Local Issues   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 15 2009 5:15:51 PM
  1. ordinaryboy is asking Hazel Blears: "With nearly 400 tender notices being advertised in the last 72hrs can you tell me how many s11 Health and Social Care Act 2002 reviews have been made?
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Local Issues   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 16 2009 9:13:48 PM
  1. LondonTowner is asking Hazel Blears: "Hello Hazel, Would you consider a fund similar to the Millenium Fund-but much, much bigger- to be given to local voluntary organisations to carry out small public works on a massive national scale? It..." Show more »"Hello Hazel,
    Would you consider a fund similar to the Millenium Fund-but much, much bigger- to be given to local voluntary organisations to carry out small public works on a massive national scale? It would create jobs and community cohesion and give us something to remember the Great Recession by!" Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Local Issues   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 12 2009 6:31:58 PM
  1. TimJames is asking Hazel Blears: "How can we speed up support government gives to social entrepreneurs and innovators working in the area of public service? They normally experience a very lengthy wait while their ideas are considered..." Show more »"How can we speed up support government gives to social entrepreneurs and innovators working in the area of public service? They normally experience a very lengthy wait while their ideas are considered and then supported by government. It does happen eventually, and in fact the UK is strong in this area. However, business people who have to support families measure progress in terms of months, even weeks. They need start up funding immediately and above all, they need national and local government to buy their services quickly. But quick procurement is at odds with the risk averse nature of government. We are entering deep recession- do you have a proposal to radically speed up support and custom given to social entrepreneurs- say emergency legislation?" Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: SME's   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 14 2009 11:24:30 AM
  1. anaylo is asking Hazel Blears: "Would the Secretary of State support measures to reduce the investment of time and money at risk by third sector organisations seeking to take on the management and ownership of assets from the public..." Show more »"Would the Secretary of State support measures to reduce the investment of time and money at risk by third sector organisations seeking to take on the management and ownership of assets from the public sector - both to empower communities and to support the creation of an environment conducive to a thriving third sector? E.G. government-backed guidance to local authorities, assessed via the CAA process, to facilitate sign-off of activities associated with community asset transfer at agreed junctures - which could then not be revisited - to safeguard early stage agreements entered into, and/or 'customer service standards' applicable to officers with delegated responsibility from Members to implement transfer approvals within nationally agreed timescales. " Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Local Issues   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 16 2009 7:07:34 PM
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  1. getstuffed is asking Hazel Blears: "The New World Order Agenda 2012 and the connections with the Illuminati? "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - for ever" George Orwell (1984). Tagging ..." Show more »"The New World Order Agenda 2012 and the connections with the Illuminati?

    "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - for ever"
    George Orwell (1984).

    Tagging for humans?

    What do you think?" Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: World Affairs   |   Email to friends   |   Apr 01 2009 4:33:40 PM
  1. WilliamWhite is asking Hazel Blears: "Where they exist, can you channel money to support this worhtwhile exercise via the truly Local Councils (i.e.Parish & Town Councils)?  Principal Councils and governement departments always seem to swallow..." Show more »"Where they exist, can you channel money to support this worhtwhile exercise via the truly Local Councils (i.e.Parish & Town Councils)?  Principal Councils and governement departments always seem to swallow huge amounts of the money for "administratiobn" or "on-costs" whereas Local Councils know their communities and already work with the priority groups." Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Local Issues   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 22 2009 11:30:31 AM
  1. Valerie is asking Hazel Blears: "You suggest that you intend to enable voluntary organisations to support people in their communities in the current economic downturn.   Why is it that government is consistently signposting people in..." Show more »"You suggest that you intend to enable voluntary organisations to support people in their communities in the current economic downturn.   Why is it that government is consistently signposting people in need to VCS organisations like the Citizens Advice Centres and yet has failed to increase their funding to match the exponential increase in advice demand in the last few months?   Surely you should be looking to provide additional funding to enable them to cover the cost of recruiting, training and employing additional staff and volunteers (who need to be managed and this costs too)  to meet demand?   
    It seems to me that governement is always looking for "new" and investing huge sums in setting up "new" when additional investment in tried and tested VCS organisations might achieve alot more alot faster." Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 20 2009 1:20:26 PM
  1. RayDuff is asking Hazel Blears: "Hazel - Whilst agreeing wholeheartedly with the thrust of the 'Communities in Control' empowerment white-paper - Should every LA area be encouraged to have its own community development team and resources..." Show more »"Hazel - Whilst agreeing wholeheartedly with the thrust of the 'Communities in Control' empowerment white-paper - Should every LA area be encouraged to have its own community development team and resources and an independent Community Empowerment Network in order to support and enable the full potential of communities and community action to be released? I feel that every area that identifies a need for CD support and a CEN should be supported in achieving that?" Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Local Issues   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 20 2009 11:27:49 AM
  1. durhamboy is asking Hazel Blears: "Following the issue of the Government's 2006 white paper Strong and Prosperous Communities a number of local authorities submitted proposals to change to unitary authorites. One of these was Durham which..." Show more »"

    Following the issue of the Government's 2006 white paper Strong and Prosperous Communities a number of local authorities submitted proposals to change to unitary authorites. One of these was Durham which had 7 District Councils.
    In 2007 the County Council's submission was accepted by the Government despite a local referendum in which the majority of responders voted against the proposal.
    Firstly: why were the wishes of the local community ignored?
    Secondly: The key point within the County Council's submission was the savings that would result and the main contributor to these proosed savings was the reduction in the number of councillors first to 126 and then in April 2009 to 90.
    What are the minister's thoughts about:-
    1) Durham's unelected chief executive being on a salary greater than the Prime Minister.
    2) Council tax for 2009-10 in 6 of the 7 former District's  being increased by more than the rate of inflation.
    3) The councillors recently voting without consultation or referal to CLG, or any other party(ies), NOT to reduce the number of councillors to 90 but to keep the number at 126 negating much of the savings, and therefore the whole point, of moving to a Unitary Authority.

    " Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Local Issues   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 19 2009 9:09:16 PM
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