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HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaI am afraid time will not allow interventions, if I am to conclude. We remain committed to there being a robust and effective definition, and we will outline our steps to achieve…09 Sept 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (First sitting)Q On Graham’s point about the paradigm shift that the industry and sector have to go through, what is the CIC doing to help them? The legislation is obviously going through…09 Sept 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI would say that “Everyone In” continues; we still have people who are in emergency accommodation. However, we also need to appreciate that “Everyone In” is not a sustainable…08 Sept 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention, but I would suggest that the question is slightly more nuanced. If, for the sake of argument, I was running a hostel that people did…08 Sept 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. Under no circumstances do this Government have a monopoly on good ideas, so I will be happy to have a look at that.08 Sept 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. I have had some discussions with the former Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), on this subject.…08 Sept 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees, but more importantly, it is a pleasure to see you not just at 6 o’clock in the morning at the gym, which is where I am…08 Sept 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingMy apologies, Ms Rees. I thank the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) for securing the debate. We may be few in number in Westminster Hall, given that other…08 Sept 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. That sounds like an innovative method of providing houses. We have our flagship rough sleeping accommodation programme, with the…08 Sept 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Protection from Unfair PracticesUnfair practices have no place in our housing market and the Government are committed to ending them. In January, we announced a package of reforms that will result in substantial…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSocial HousingI think the simple answer to that is that since 2010 we have delivered 365,800 affordable homes for rent, of which 148,000 are for social rent.19 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI praise Darlington for its work in supporting the Gypsy, Romany, Traveller community. The Government consider that local councils are best placed to make decisions about the…19 Jul 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Protection from Unfair PracticesIt is a pleasure to shoot the breeze with my hon. Friend. It is fundamental that industry contributes for having compromised public safety, which is why the Building Safety Bill…19 Jul 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Protection from Unfair PracticesIt is important that we take the opportunity to be proportionate about the situation we are in: 96% of the high-rise buildings with unsafe aluminium composite material cladding…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSocial HousingFirst, and perhaps most importantly, it might be helpful if Labour-run councils such as Croydon were providing high-quality social housing—that would be incredibly helpful. We do…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSocial HousingWe listened to thousands of residents in 2018 and acted decisively, publishing the social housing White Paper last November. We have strengthened the housing ombudsman service,…19 Jul 2021HANSARDRough SleepingI am delighted to commend my hon. Friend and the local teams and providers who have worked incredibly hard in Southend to achieve the figures that he described. They have worked…19 Jul 2021HANSARDRough SleepingI am proud that my Department is leading a cross-Government drive to eliminate rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament. We are spending £750 million over the next year to…19 Jul 2021HANSARDRough SleepingAs is so often the case, the Lib Dems are more focused on two things: making plans—rather than taking action—and scaremongering. It is categorically not the case that either…19 Jul 2021HANSARDRough SleepingOur focus in the last year has rightly been on managing the response to the pandemic and supporting tens of thousands of the most vulnerable people across our society. During the…19 Jul 2021