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HANSARDSafety of School BuildingsIn the week of the first anniversary of a prime ministerial reign that was outlasted by a lettuce, we again see laid bare the staggering incompetence of this Conservative…06 Sept 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorI believe that the Minister said it was from 2026 to 2030.18 Jul 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorI beg to move, That this House has considered the cost of living and the private rented sector. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I am pleased to have…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorI thank all colleagues who have taken the time to contribute to what has been an important and insightful debate into an issue that affects all our constituents very acutely. I…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorI agree with the points made by the hon. Lady. I commend the work of the local authorities that are leading the way in building social and affordable homes in an incredibly…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I welcome the Labour party’s commitment not only to end the hope value that exists in the sale of land at present but, as he says, to…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorI am grateful for that and I apologise if I misheard the Minister. However, the fundamental point is that there is still much work to do. Yes, we need to see the Renters (Reform)…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorMy hon. Friend is right and, like him, I look forward to a Labour Government ensuring that social rent is returned to the second highest form of tenure. We retain a significant…18 Jul 2023HANSARDAdult and Further EducationMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and he is a champion for further education in his constituency. I quite agree that pay for the further education teaching workforce has…05 Jul 2023HANSARDAdult and Further EducationThe report acknowledged that extra funding announced in the 2019 and 2021 spending reviews would result in real increases in funding per student up to 2024-25. However, that only…05 Jul 2023HANSARDAdult and Further EducationIt is a privilege to contribute to this estimates day debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood) on securing this discussion on such an…05 Jul 2023HANSARD Migration and Economic Development PartnershipI have another question on the Government’s spending of money, because today’s judgment stated that the Rwandan system for refugees is neither reliably fair nor effective, so why…29 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I think the hon. Gentleman misheard me: I said one in nine local authorities. Just 11%—I flipped the presentation of the figures—of local authorities have been able to resource…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)I am certainly happy to say that there was flexibility to make additional comments. I would need to check back before withdrawing any supposition I made on the specifics of the…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventeenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Nokes. The Minister touched on the points on which I will contribute. My understanding of the recent consultation is that the…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild UkraineMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and I will give some other examples later on of other institutions and nations that are also leading the way in that regard. For all that…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild UkraineIt is not possible to calculate the true cost of Putin’s barbaric attack on Ukraine—the misery caused by the death, destruction, and despair he has inflicted cannot be…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr Gray. After a fairly lively start to the morning, I want to focus predominantly on the matter about which we are all…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Renters Reform Coalition held a parliamentary drop-in event yesterday to brief Members on the forthcoming Renters (Reform) Bill, but the RRC and many other stakeholders are…22 Jun 2023HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals)I begin by drawing the House’s attention to the impact on animal welfare that the dither and delay on this issue has caused. In the two years since the kept animals Bill was first…21 Jun 2023