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HANSARD Teesworks: Accountability and ScrutinyI will give way to the hon. Lady.07 Jun 2023HANSARD Teesworks: Accountability and ScrutinyI believe the hon. Lady said on LBC this morning that no allegations of corruption were being made. In the spirit of being willing to accept interventions, I am happy to take a…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Teesworks: Accountability and ScrutinyI will give way to my right hon. Friend, who actually knows what he is talking about on this issue.07 Jun 2023HANSARD Teesworks: Accountability and ScrutinyThat is, finally, extraordinarily helpful. For the first time in multiple questions to the hon. Lady, she has actually given an answer. She is concerned about value for money.…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Teesworks: Accountability and ScrutinyMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that is one of the few facts that the hon. Member for Wigan left out of her contribution, in which there was no clarity about what…07 Jun 2023HANSARDLocal Authorities: InflationI am not sure that I can respond with quite so much brevity, Mr Speaker! In the most recent financial settlement, the Government provided billions more in taxpayer subsidy to…05 Jun 2023HANSARDLocal Authorities: InflationAbsolutely not. [Laughter.]05 Jun 2023HANSARDLocal Authorities: InflationMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that one of the core responsibilities of local councils is to do the basics, and one of the basics is potholes. That is why the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDCladding and Building RemediationThe Government intend to enact reforms to improve the buildings insurance market by banning commissions, increasing the transparency of information and preventing unjustified…05 Jun 2023HANSARDCladding and Building RemediationI completely appreciate the point the right hon. Gentleman makes. That is why I have met with the Association of British Insurers multiple times in the last few weeks alone. I am…05 Jun 2023HANSARDCladding and Building RemediationI am grateful to the hon. Lady for highlighting the challenges her constituents are facing. I appreciate the point that she is making about challenges. That is why we are trying…05 Jun 2023HANSARDCladding and Building RemediationMy hon. Friend makes an important point. That is exactly why we are trying to encourage and work with the ABI and the large insurers, to bring forward this new scheme that should…05 Jun 2023HANSARDLocal Authorities: InflationThe Government offer a huge amount of support to the most vulnerable in our society. We have seen that all the way through covid and through the inflation and energy issues, and…05 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman will have seen that we have recently reopened the waking watch fund, but on the specific issue he has raised, I would be happy to meet him, because I also want…05 Jun 2023HANSARDWoking Borough Council Intervention and Tees Valley Independent ReviewI would like to update the House on action the Government are taking in relation to two local authorities. In the case of Woking Council, Government are taking decisive action…25 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformI do not know the detail about the particular situation that the hon. Lady outlined, but I would encourage the leaseholders to use all available avenues. There is redress,…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformA fair housing market that works for everyone is at the heart of this Government’s central mission to level up opportunity, prosperity and pride throughout the United Kingdom. At…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformThe right hon. Gentleman makes a strong point about the importance of reform. This is one of the reasons that we have committed to reform and I hope that we will be able to…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformThe hon. Lady makes a strong point and I will come to that in a moment. We have shared concerns about specifics, which we have all experienced as constituency MPs—Coppen Estates…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformMy right hon. Friend highlights the importance of reform in this area and the cross-party nature of the support for it. I would not read anything into my comments other than that…23 May 2023