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HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance18. What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the local housing allowance.19 Jun 2023HANSARD MigrationI want to use this final minute to thank my colleagues, the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) and the Father of the House, the hon. Member for Worthing…15 Jun 2023HANSARD MigrationI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s point, and I hope that this debate is a space for exactly those kinds of ideas so that we start to see improvements in the system. Delays seem…15 Jun 2023HANSARD MigrationI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that point and share his view on the need for legal and safe crossing routes to this country. I look forward to hearing other contributions on…15 Jun 2023HANSARD MigrationI beg to move, That this House has considered Government policies on migration. I am grateful for the opportunity to debate this area of policy, and I thank the Backbench Business…15 Jun 2023HANSARDPride MonthI am sorry that I have not been here for the whole debate, but I caught many of the speeches on the television and enjoyed them all. The independent report was due to be published…15 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportMy hon. Friend and I have worked on these issues over the last couple of years. She knows that 70% of people who enter treatment for alcohol issues also experience trouble with…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Care SupportersI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for a right for a user of health and care services to be accompanied by a care supporter; and for connected…06 Jun 2023HANSARDAwaab’s Law: Private Rented SectorMay I remind the House of the tragic case of Awaab Ishak? He was a two-year-old boy, living with his parents in a one-bedroom flat in Rochdale, who tragically and needlessly died…05 Jun 2023HANSARDAwaab’s Law: Private Rented Sector11. If he will take steps to extend Awaab’s law to the private rented sector.05 Jun 2023HANSARDFood Price Inflation: Food Bank Use11. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of food price inflation on levels of demand for emergency parcels from food banks.25 May 2023HANSARDFood Price Inflation: Food Bank UseAccording to this week’s inflation data, the cost of sugar and some cooking oils is up nearly 50%, but the prices that people see in the supermarkets for some products are up 100%…25 May 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseAs Lord Etherton completes the LGBT veterans independent review, may I say thank you to the 1,155 veterans, serving personnel, families and professionals who returned to their…25 May 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented Sector: RegulationI am grateful to the Minister and I recognise that she has given a full response but, as she said she was concluding, I wanted to pick up on two points that I do not think she…24 May 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented Sector: RegulationI am grateful for my colleague’s intervention. I will touch on both those points in some detail, and I hope the Minister will respond and that we can work together to see the Bill…24 May 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented Sector: RegulationAbsolutely; I would back the hon. Lady’s calls for the Government to look at rent controls and the best international comparisons, because this is an issue not just for our…24 May 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented Sector: RegulationI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her intervention. I agree with her, and I hope that this Bill is an opportunity for us to ensure that the Government can put more protections…24 May 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented Sector: RegulationWill the Minister give way?24 May 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented Sector: RegulationI have a question for the Minister.24 May 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented Sector: RegulationI thank the Minister for her response to the debate, and I thank all colleagues who contributed. Although there is a welcome for the legislation, which the Minister says is the…24 May 2023