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HANSARDWarm Homes PlanThe previous Government were content to sit back and allow developers to build homes that have locked people into years of expensive and dirty gas heating. How will the Minister…04 Feb 2025HANSARDJobcentres: Economic Growth1. What assessment she has made of the impact of jobcentres on economic growth.03 Feb 2025HANSARDJobcentres: Economic GrowthOn Friday, I visited the assessment centre at the west Ealing jobcentre, where staff told me the assessments focus on proving that disabled people cannot work, rather than…03 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ6. Children in Ealing Southall will be sleeping on sofas and living room floors tonight because of 14 years of failure by the Conservatives. Ealing council has joined over 100…29 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionMany of my constituents in Ealing Southall work at Heathrow or in its supply chain, and they will welcome the good-quality, well-paid jobs that airport expansion will bring.…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI recently visited Beaconsfield primary school in Ealing Southall, where teachers told me they have to fill in up to six forms to get disabled children the help they need. The…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionAs chair of the Tidy Britain all-party parliamentary group, I want to thank you for allowing me to speak in this debate, Madam Deputy Speaker. The APPG and Keep Britain Tidy have…21 Jan 2025HANSARDAffordable HousingAfter 14 years of Conservative Government, Ealing council has thousands of families waiting for a council home and has an affordable housing programme that it does not have the…20 Jan 2025HANSARDAffordable Housing10. What steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to increase the supply of affordable housing.20 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastOn behalf of so many of my constituents in Ealing Southall, may I wholeheartedly welcome this news about a potential ceasefire in Gaza and the return of the hostages? I thank the…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateI was shocked when a young man came to my last constituency surgery to ask me as his MP to help him get a GP appointment. Morning after morning, he had spent hours queuing on the…15 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillThank you for allowing me to take part in this debate, Madam Deputy Speaker. Having been a member of the Bill Committee—my first Bill Committee in this place—I appreciate being…15 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueWill the Chancellor confirm that, for her, growth must always go hand in hand with economic security? That is a lesson that the previous Conservative Government refused to learn…14 Jan 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillA third of people in my constituency live in private rented accommodation. That is already pretty high, and well above the national average of 19%, but in some wards, such as…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Heat Batteries: Decarbonising HomesI am sure that the Minister will have more to say on that when she responds. Heat batteries in the UK currently face a significant disadvantage compared with heat pumps as they…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Heat Batteries: Decarbonising HomesAs I have laid out, the Government have already taken steps to increase the funding to transition to heat pumps. I am sure the Minister will have more to say on rural communities…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Heat Batteries: Decarbonising HomesI absolutely agree, and I will come on to exactly those points. Kensa’s approach also uses ground source heat technology, aligned with heat batteries—a cheap and efficient way of…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Heat Batteries: Decarbonising HomesWe do not have solar panels feeding into our energy system to that much greater degree because of the last Government; it is as simple as that. I will continue with the changes…08 Jan 2025HANSARD PlaygroundsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Tom Hayes) for securing this important debate. Playgrounds…08 Jan 2025HANSARD PlaygroundsI absolutely agree that we need fair funding for local councils and for playgrounds. Access to play is a fundamental human right. It is written down in the United Nations…08 Jan 2025