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HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentI am sorry; I do not have much time left. That means including housing costs when analysing deprivation, ensuring that the daytime population is included, and ensuring that the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (Florence Eshalomi), the Chair of the Select Committee, for securing the debate. It is such a relief that we…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsSaturday marked eight years since 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell tower fire—eight years without justice. But, finally, there is the prospect of some systemic change…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI rise to speak to new clause 155, which stands in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton West (Phil Brickell) and is supported by the all-party parliamentary group on…18 Jun 2025HANSARDNHS Buildings: Maintenance BacklogsThe Imperial College healthcare NHS trust has the largest high-risk repair backlog in the country. The support from the Government estates safety fund is very welcome, but to…17 Jun 2025HANSARDNHS Buildings: Maintenance Backlogs15. What steps his Department is taking to tackle building maintenance backlogs in the NHS estate.17 Jun 2025HANSARDSupport for Small BusinessesSmall businesses on our high streets across my constituency, from Earl’s Court Road to Queensway, Notting Hill Gate and Portobello Road, are fed up of being blighted by candy…12 Jun 2025HANSARD GibraltarI strongly welcome this political agreement and congratulate the Foreign Secretary and the ministerial team on achieving it. I recently met Chief Minister Picardo, alongside my…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House join me in praising the Ukrainian St Mary’s trust, which in recent years dramatically scaled up its community school to serve more than 2,500…12 Jun 2025HANSARDSupport for Small Businesses13. What steps he is taking to support small businesses.12 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025Under the Conservatives, London’s housing crisis escalated to dangerous levels, with one child in every classroom in temporary accommodation. I warmly welcome not only the £39…11 Jun 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Fire: Eighth AnniversaryI thank the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee for her intervention. I completely agree with her, and the legacy must be the systemic change that I…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI welcome the sanctions against Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, and the coalition that was built to exert maximum pressure. It is very significant, as the Government’s sanctions have been…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Fire: Eighth AnniversaryI thank my hon. Friend for making that very valid point. It is good news that the Government have accepted all of Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s recommendations, and I applaud them for…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Fire: Eighth AnniversaryI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I agree—it is staggering that hundreds of thousands of people are still living in buildings like the one he describes, with major…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Fire: Eighth AnniversaryI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I do applaud the many steps the Government are taking on this issue—for example, on professionalising the housing sector and…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Fire: Eighth AnniversaryI absolutely agree. I applaud the Prime Minister’s personal commitment to bring in the Hillsborough law. At the party conference in September last year, he said that the law is…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Fire: Eighth AnniversaryI thank the hon. Member for expressing his solidarity, and he is right. The finding of the public inquiry that reported in September was devasting: the simple truth is that the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Fire: Eighth AnniversaryOn Saturday, we mark eight years since 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire—eight years of fighting for truth, eight years without justice, and eight years of too…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Fire: Eighth AnniversaryI know that this is one of the biggest teams that the Met police have in operation, and of course it is right that they keep the funding in place until their work comes to…10 Jun 2025