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HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationI thank my hon. Friend for his work to draw attention to this appalling scandal. As the Minister knows, it is not unusual to find properties in complete disrepair that would not…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for her work on this issue. It was clear from the recent Westminster Hall debate led by my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Ladywood (Shabana…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationLet me just say that I really regret this partisan tone. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that I entered local politics in 2006 having worked not just with children…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationI defer to my hon. Friend on that. She has been a superb champion for housing reform in this country over many, many years, including under the last Labour Government, and…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationMy right hon. Friend is right: it is a waste. It is a waste of human potential, a waste of good, thriving neighbourhoods, and a waste of taxpayers’ money. It is more than that…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationThe hon. Gentleman should spend some time with my hon. Friend the Member for Westminster North (Ms Buck), because she would set him straight very quickly. I know his community…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationI think the hon. Gentleman should listen for once. His Labour council has stood in as a lifeline for people as support was stripped away over 12 years of Tory Government. It is…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Local councils cannot do this on their own. That is why we have brought the issue to the House today and why my hon. Friend the Member for…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationThis is a little frustrating, because there is a strong sense that we agree about this, yet it is difficult to work out why nothing yet has been done. The pilots were initiated in…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationI beg to move, That this House notes the significant increase in the numbers of people housed in non-commissioned exempt accommodation under successive Conservative Governments;…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, particularly on the latter point about building social housing. She is right, too, to say that it is a symptom of a housing market that is…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)I enjoyed the Secretary of State’s debate with himself on what I was about to say; let me try to enlighten him. I must say, having treated us to a lecture about the causes of the…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)Every morning.09 Feb 2022HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)My right hon. Friend is exactly right. Worse than that, it is at a time when people can least afford to bear it. Walk into any community in any part of the country and we find…09 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpConservative Members do not disrespect us when they chunter and jeer; they disrespect the people of this country. Seriously, is this it? The sum total of ambition for our coastal…02 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpAfter all the delays, all the slogans and all the big promises, is this it? Is this really it? The sum total of ambition for our proud coastal and industrial— [ Interruption. ]02 Feb 2022HANSARDSupport for Town Centres and High StreetsThe Secretary of State has not really proved very successful so far. Since the Secretary of State took office, the Chancellor has blocked any new money for levelling up, the…24 Jan 2022HANSARDSupport for Town Centres and High StreetsThanks for that—I will ask the Chancellor. That is not actually what I asked. I asked the Minister to guarantee that no part of this country will see its funding collapse in just…24 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyMay I thank you, Mr Speaker, for your kind words about Jack Dromey, who should have been with us here today? There is a space over there that I know Jack would have occupied. Back…10 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic and Security Ties with AlliesI welcome the Foreign Secretary to her role and congratulate her on becoming the second woman in history to hold the post. I think I speak for Labour Members when I say that we…26 Oct 2021