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HANSARD Homelessness and Temporary AccommodationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I want to start by saying to the Minister that in this room she has some of the best housing campaigners anywhere in…02 Dec 2020HANSARDRough Sleepers: AccommodationThe Government’s former rough sleeping tsar has warned that we are heading for a “perfect storm of awfulness” this winter when it comes to homelessness. With many owner-occupiers…16 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Lockdown: Homelessness and Rough Sleepers(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government if he will make a statement on his plans to prevent homelessness and protect rough…11 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Lockdown: Homelessness and Rough SleepersThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. The Minister’s words and the Prime Minister’s order last week to stay home will ring hollow for people with no home. In…11 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWith millions of people living in homes that are cold, damp and expensive to heat, in the midst of a respiratory illness pandemic, with millions more looking to the Government to…05 Oct 2020HANSARDEnd of Eviction MoratoriumI congratulate the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) on securing this urgent question, because it is scandalous that this Government are lifting the ban just…23 Sept 2020HANSARDRented Homes: End of Evictions Ban(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make a statement on the implications of the end of the evictions ban for…22 Jul 2020HANSARDRented Homes: End of Evictions BanI thank the Minister for that response, but it really will not do, because he knows that his proposals are toothless. Eviction law remains intact, so extra information about the…22 Jul 2020HANSARDRenters Reform BillThe evictions ban ends on 23 August and the Government could have already brought in this Bill, raised LHA temporarily to average rents, scrapped section 21 or given courts…20 Jul 2020HANSARDInsolvency Act 1986 Part A1 Moratorium (Eligibility of Private Registered Providers) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. This is a first for us both; this is the first time I have been sat here rather than where my hon. Friend the Member…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) BillThey should.16 Jul 2020HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) BillI do not know where to start—after so many weeks away from this place, it is extraordinary to come back to this Bill, which is incredibly important. On the east coast of India, in…16 Jul 2020HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend; it is as if he has read my speech, which says that the lack of public toilets disproportionately affects people with ill health or…16 Jul 2020HANSARDPrivate Renters: Covid-19I associate myself with the remarks by hon. Members about the victims and survivors of Grenfell. Today the Treasury Select Committee says that freelancers, new starters and many…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Housing MarketThank you Mr Speaker, and I thank the Secretary of State for an advance copy of his statement. The Government said that they would do “whatever it takes” to get the country…13 May 2020HANSARD British Citizens Abroad: FCO Help to Return HomeI have 32 constituents who are stuck in eight countries—that we know of. I am concerned that some of them are running out of money. What support might be available, how should…24 Mar 2020HANSARDMarriage and Relationship SupportThis is probably something to come back to once we have got past the immediate crisis, but what progress has been made on liaising with the Department for Education on aligning…19 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventh sitting)Aww!19 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventh sitting)On behalf of Her Majesty’s Opposition, let me say that we appreciate the constructive way in which this has been handled. I thank the Clerks and staff. We look forward to…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: Employment SupportI am sure that the Minister will have heard the cross-party consensus here. If the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin) and I are in complete agreement,…19 Mar 2020