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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMay I say to the Minister that I am delighted that LINK is providing that machine? That part of outer London is, as many Members here will know, inaccessible apart from by limited…07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Billrose —07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillIs the Minister aware that we have lost 12,599 free-to-use ATMs since 2018? That is a reduction of 24%. Who in this House, understanding that trajectory, would believe that the…07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Billrose —07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI rise to support new clause 7, which stands in my name and those of dozens of right hon. and hon. Members from all corners of this House. The amendment is simple: it proposes…07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI am tempted to give way, because I want to debate this, but I am observant of the Chair’s ruling on limiting speeches, so I apologise to the hon. Gentleman. Adding the word…07 Dec 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)On temporary accommodation for homeless families and the code of guidance, who enforces the code? Who knows whether councils are living up to it? Who inspects the accommodation…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The answer is nobody.29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I support the amendments tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich. At the moment, we have two things going on. First, we have exempt accommodation, where…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. If there is no regulation, this will just grow and grow. As mortgage interest rates go up and business for buy-to-let landlords becomes…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I turn to Aves housing association, which was run by a man who was exposed by the BBC for running a former supposed housing association that is in fact a commercial enterprise. It…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I believe that the regulator should have power to look at this area of housing. It is all very well for councils to get more powers, and I would be the first to agree with that,…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Absolutely, and I know the hon. Member for Harrow East will be aware of how few London councils ever prosecute anybody under their current powers. It is about regulation, but it…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Thank you, Sir Edward, for your generosity in calling me. I realise I registered quite late that I wanted to speak. Why are we sitting here in this Bill Committee today? We are…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The situation gets even more complicated when a tenant exasperatedly says, “I want to go to a lawyer” and then the whole thing closes down.29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)I rise to support amendment 16 on the basis of 17 years’ experience of Ofsted. We know that unless a school knows that Ofsted is coming, problems begin. A substantial proportion…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)That is not possible. We cannot construct a customer survey as emphatic or successful as that, because we have a broad span of residents and tenants, with different lives that…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)I have been an MP for 25 years and a member of the Labour party for 42 years. I am really interested in political communication and getting people to respond. I have to tell the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)I am glad that there will be reactive inspections. I am not suggesting that there should not be. What I am saying is that, along with reactive inspections, there should be a…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSri LankaI completely agree with my right hon. Friend. For years and years, families have searched for their loved ones. Women have sought their husbands, sons and brothers, and nothing…09 Nov 2022