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HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportI do indeed welcome the ban, for which we argued for some time. It was something the Hackitt report did not recommend, but Ministers wisely decided that they would not follow that…21 Jan 2020HANSARDBuilding SafetyI thank the Secretary of State for an advance copy of his statement this afternoon. The Secretary of State will remember, as we all do, the shocking disbelief and grief in the…20 Jan 2020HANSARDBuilding Better, Building BeautifulMay I welcome the Secretary of State back? Given the turnover of Housing Ministers, I trust that his first oral questions in the post will not also be his last. The Conservatives’…13 Jan 2020HANSARDBuilding Better, Building BeautifulFor the record, the number of new social rented homes is at a near record low. Rather than the net additions that the Secretary of State talks about, the Conservative-led Local…13 Jan 2020HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryThe interest in this debate and the abbreviated speeches that people have been forced to make underline the fact that this must be only the start of this House’s debates on the…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryOr else?30 Oct 2019HANSARDPark Home Residents: Legal ProtectionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts, as it was to serve under that of Mr Hollobone. Could you pass on our thanks to him? I enjoyed your team tagging at the…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Deaths of Homeless PeopleTo ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to make a statement on his Government’s action to prevent the deaths of people who are homeless.01 Oct 2019HANSARD Deaths of Homeless PeopleSeven hundred and twenty-six people died homeless last year. Wherever we sit in this House, wherever we live in this country, that shames us all in a nation as decent and well-off…01 Oct 2019HANSARDPark Home Residents: Legal ProtectionI am grateful to the Minister for giving way again. Will he confirm that, given the working group and the research still to be commissioned, the primary legislation will not be in…01 Oct 2019HANSARDPark Home Residents: Legal ProtectionIs the Minister saying that the only legislation he has in mind is a statutory instrument and not primary legislation?01 Oct 2019HANSARDPark Home Residents: Legal ProtectionIf the hon. Gentleman does not agree with the concept of a fit and proper person test, what does he propose to put in place to try to stop exactly the rogues that he has described…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Building SafetyI thank the Secretary of State for the advance copy of his statement. I have to say that I admire his air of calm. This is a Government of chaos—even the Prime Minister’s brother…05 Sept 2019HANSARDLeasehold Properties: Mis-sellingWell, lots of warm words and fresh reviews, but no action. There have been 19 Government announcements on leaseholds in the 15 months that the right hon. Gentleman has been…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLeasehold Properties: Mis-sellingIndeed. The CMA’s inquiry is certainly welcome, but it is action by Ministers that homebuyers ripped off in the leasehold system need most. The Secretary of State’s predecessor…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLeasehold Properties: Mis-sellingThis session may be the swan song of the Secretary of State and his team. We certainly hope not, and we wish them all well in the Tory turmoil to come.22 Jul 2019HANSARDHousing LadderAfter nine years of Conservative government, why are nearly 900,000 fewer people under 45 able to own their own home?17 Jun 2019HANSARDHousing LadderIs not the truth that the Government have been failing young people on housing for nine years? One in five of those on the Help to Buy scheme are not even first-time buyers, the…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Grenfell: Government ResponseI thank the Secretary of State for the advance copy of his statement. At the start of this, the week of the second anniversary of that truly terrible Grenfell Tower fire, above…10 Jun 2019HANSARDGrenfell Tower FireIn due course.06 Jun 2019