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HANSARDSocial and Affordable HousingThis week’s Budget will set out how the Government will deliver more affordable housing and ensure that social housing is available for those who need it most. This will include…28 Oct 2024HANSARDHousing SupplyI welcome my hon. Friend to his place, and the reason he is here—he is absolutely correct on this—is that the previous Government did nothing to help house building, and we did…28 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsTory Members do not like to hear it, but this Labour Government were elected to end the Tory chaos, and that is exactly what we are doing, with £600 more in the pockets of…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsWe talk about economics; the architect of the 2024 Tory general election campaign is doing his victory lap before retiring with the hereditary peers that he fought so hard to…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Member for his question. He knows that we launched a consultation on the national planning policy framework. We will protect agricultural land, we will…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI welcome my hon. Friend to his place. He has been a champion for workers at Newton Aycliffe from day one. I know he has met the Transport Secretary, and I can assure him that we…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for her comments, and I share her desire to ensure that care workers are given the respect and importance that they deserve. They are critical to solving the…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising what is an emotive subject for Members on both sides of the House. From my work in this area before I was in this place, I know what incredible…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI do not know how the shadow Deputy Prime Minister can stand there with a straight face when it was the small businesses—the working people of this country—that paid the price of…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsWhat I am incredibly proud of is that this week, this Government brought in a new employment Bill that will raise the living standards of 10 million workers. Would the shadow…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI remember what the Conservatives said to business. What was it? “Eff business”, whereas this party held an international investment summit last week, which put about £63 billion…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsAgain, I will not speculate on the Budget, not least with the Chancellor sat beside me. To reiterate what the Chancellor and the Prime Minister have said, this Budget will…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI welcome the hon. Member to his place. We recognise the devastating impact that flooding can have. I know that the flooding Minister visited Bedfordshire in September to meet…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am loving this love-in; I do not often get it. What I will say to the right hon. Gentleman is that people in their own time often go and campaign, and that is what we have seen.…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe hospice situation in this country has faced significant challenges because of the 14 years of devastation under the Conservatives. The Health Secretary has already raised…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for her very important question. I am sorry to hear about what Charlie and many other children with special educational needs have gone through. We…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI will miss our exchanges—the battle of the gingers, the late nights voting—and in that spirit, I will agree with my right hon. Friend. The King does a tremendous job, and so did…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsLet me start by welcoming the right hon. Gentleman to his new place. Today is our first exchange since he pushed for a July general election, and if his own side has not offered…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his question and welcome him to his place. When this Government took office, we promised the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation—a new…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend and welcome him, and his expertise in the National Crime Agency, to this place. He knows that we inherited an asylum system in chaos. As he rightly says,…23 Oct 2024