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HANSARD Police Grant ReportUtter rubbish.05 Feb 2025HANSARDLocal Government FinanceIt is interesting, because the loss of the rural service delivery grant cost my local authority £14 million, so it depends where we draw the line and what the priorities are. The…05 Feb 2025HANSARDLocal Government FinanceWe all have different views on this matter. Many parts of my constituency are not wealthy and have deprivation that is not sufficiently catered for by some of the formulas. That…05 Feb 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayIt is my privilege and solemn duty to open this debate on behalf of the Opposition. I thank the Minister for his very thoughtful remarks. The theme of this year’s Holocaust…23 Jan 2025HANSARDHouse Building TargetsThe increase in housing delivery that the Secretary of State is committed to requires a 50% uplift across the board in housing numbers, yet according to the House of Commons…20 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes the Secretary of State agree that everyone should be treated equally and be seen to be treated equally before the law, including planning law?20 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsGreat. Why, then, is it that the Secretary of State, the Foreign Secretary, the Home Secretary and the Prime Minister have all intervened in the planning application for the…20 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI thank the Minister, and indeed my shadow Ministers, the other Opposition spokespeople and all parliamentarians who have helped with the passage of the Bill, as well as the…15 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillOver 2,000 years ago, Aristotle talked about deviant government. Alongside tyranny, he placed democracy. He said the risk is that, sooner or later, a Government will come along…15 Jan 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI draw the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. It is not wrong, spurious or specious to stand up for 11 million tenants. We know that tenants and…14 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourI agree very much with the hon. Member’s points, and I wonder if he is a member of the right party on that basis. Is he not dismayed that the Secretary of State has ditched our…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms McVey. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Ashfield (Lee Anderson) for securing this important debate, because all of us have…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourThat might be a bit tricky—people do deserve to live in a house as long as they demonstrate good behaviour. My predecessor as shadow Secretary of State—now the Leader of the…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourAs the hon. Gentleman knows, we have increased the amount of affordable housing significantly since 2010; there are more than half a million new affordable homes. I do not think…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourI know that the hon. Gentleman would be. He has always stood up for his constituents and, indeed, for mine and for those of every Member of this House. I always admired that, and…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourThe Minister touched on the point about people being unworthy. Can I make the point that my mum would have made? It was not the person who was unworthy as an individual; it was…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourI take the Minister back to the broken windows point. Broken window policing was not just about fixing the windows. He is right to say that that was part of it, because people not…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Provisional Local Government Finance SettlementBirmingham.18 Dec 2024HANSARD Building HomesI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. First, I welcome the ambitious target of 1.5 million homes in this Parliament. I think he may have unintentionally misled…12 Dec 2024HANSARDPlanning Committees: ReformThat is not true.09 Dec 2024