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HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI declare my interest as the husband of an NHS doctor; I also served as a non-executive director of my local NHS trust. The last time that Lord Darzi was brought into service was…12 Sept 2024HANSARD New Housing: Environmental StandardsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer, and to respond on behalf of His Majesty’s loyal Opposition. I add my congratulations to the hon. Member for North…12 Sept 2024HANSARDShort-term Lets: RegulationI started my political career as the chairman of a planning committee in London, and I am very aware of the challenges faced by planning authorities—not just in the capital, but…12 Sept 2024HANSARDShort-term Lets: RegulationIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Harris. I add my congratulations to the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake). It is good to see her…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceOf course, it is embarrassing to hear that. Again, from experience of local government, I know that a great deal of work has been put in to ensure that modern methods of…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceI would just like to press the Minister for the assurance I am seeking: that the Government have taken steps to ensure that all products that meet the 2015 European standards, and…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceI entirely agree about the need to ensure that this work happens apace. During the debate, the contributions from the likes of the hon. Members for Sheffield South East and for…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceWith the leave of the House, I will close this debate for His Majesty’s loyal Opposition. It has been a very constructive debate, with a wide range of contributions from Members.…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceGiven the broad cross-party consensus in the last Parliament about the importance of the new forms of legislation and the regulation that follows from it, I think we should seek…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPlanning Policy: Traveller SitesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) on securing the debate. The…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceWill the Minister give way?11 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceI would like to open by sharing the commitment of His Majesty’s official Opposition to supporting the Government in ensuring that, in particular, the legislation brought forward…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Exempt Supported AccommodationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I add my congratulations to the hon. Member for Birmingham Edgbaston (Preet Kaur Gill) on securing today’s debate. I…10 Sept 2024HANSARDSocial Housing SupplyThe previous Government made new measures available to local authorities to encourage borrowing against the housing revenue account to enable the creation of new council housing.…02 Sept 2024HANSARDSocial Housing SupplyWe share the ambition of seeing a big increase in the supply of housing, and of social housing in particular. Given that there are around 1.4 million new homes with planning…02 Sept 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceThank you and welcome to your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. The estimates day provisions presented by the Chancellor to the House last week included a capital departmental…29 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsMay I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests? It is a pleasure to participate in today’s debate on the King’s Speech and to follow…23 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Bearing out feedback from my two excellent local Conservative councils, a recent report from the organisation London Councils highlights a 4.3% drop in the number of pupils in…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am very grateful to the Minister for setting out in detail the changes and amendments the Government have made, both on the amendment paper and in their approach, in response to…15 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI know the Prime Minister has made the point that, given that the court is based in Strasbourg, certainly in a technical sense it can be described as that, but from my…15 Apr 2024