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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker. I wish the Secretary of State well and thank him for advance notice of his unavoidable absence today. What do the Government have to say to the 1.4 million…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillWe started by saying that this was a levelling-up Bill with no levelling up in it—it was just a housing Bill. Then the Government stripped out the housing, and now we are left…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Called-in Planning Decision: West CumbriaI have one question for the Secretary of State: what on earth is he thinking? The decision to greenlight the reopening of the Woodhouse colliery is bad policy and bad politics. It…08 Dec 2022HANSARDRegional InequalityI welcome the update on the football scores; it foreshadows what we intend to do to the Government side at the next general election. The truth is, before they crashed the…21 Nov 2022HANSARDRegional InequalityI am more than happy to be compared to Marcus Rashford, feeding our kids when the Government let them go starving hungry. We have almost as many funding pots in the Secretary of…21 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing StandardsI thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for advance sight of it. I join him in sending our condolences to the family of Awaab Ishak. It is the worst thing that any…16 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsThe Government have a clear choice today: they can stand up for people whose hopes and dreams have been shattered, or they can stand with a former Prime Minister and former…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsCan I just gently say this to the Minister? I have heard her blame the Labour party, although her party has been in office for 12 years. I have heard Conservative Members blame…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsWill the Minister give way?15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsI imagine that the right hon. Members are counting the value of their severance payments somewhere else. Meanwhile, the rest of us are dealing with our constituents who are…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsI agree absolutely. Bringing stability back to the economy is the first step, but the Government could do more. We know that the only way out of this crisis is growth and we know…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The truth is that before the former Prime Minister and Chancellor crashed the economy, we had a housing crisis in this country. We saw social…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsWhat do you think?15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsThe hon. Member and I have discussed that issue many times. As he knows, in my first job, I worked for the homelessness charity Centrepoint and I learned that a secure, decent…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsHonestly, a bit of humility from Government Members would be in order. The situation is unprecedented. They have been in office for 12 years. You put two people in office, or…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsI will throw the question straight back to the hon. Member: how many times did we see, in 44 days, the former Prime Minister and Chancellor essentially use the security of people…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsThe hon. Member is absolutely right. Like many others, I was astonished to see the former Chancellor, the right hon. Member for Spelthorne (Kwasi Kwarteng), recently give an…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I will say more about that in a moment. This country is facing not just a housing crisis, but a growth crisis. Housing is a central part of…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsThe hon. Gentleman can shake his head, but it is a fact. This is money that many families across the country simply do not have. Food is going up, energy is going up, rents are…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsI beg to move, That this House censures the former Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Member for South West Norfolk, and the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Member for…15 Nov 2022