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HANSARDSocial Rented HousingI certainly agree that housing associations do fantastic work in providing homes for social rent as well as shared ownership homes, and we work in partnership with them. We are…22 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsEarlier this month we launched the consultation on Awaab’s law, which insists upon time limits for repairs in the social rented sector. In the shaping of this law and many other…22 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe evidence of the reduction in regional inequalities is perhaps most marked in Teesside and the Tees valley where the Conservative Mayor Ben Houchen has been responsible for…22 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need to ensure that developers live up to their responsibilities to provide appropriate infrastructure. It has been the case that a number…22 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial Rented HousingOur £11.5 billion affordable homes programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes for rent and to buy right across the country. The levelling-up White Paper also committed…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI know, given the nature of the debate on this Bill, that a number of colleagues would like to intervene; I will try to answer questions briefly, because I know a number of…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillWith respect to the hon. Gentleman, who has taken a close personal interest in the conflict—I appreciate the sincerity with which he raises that point—absolutely not. There is a…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillThank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I would like to thank everyone who has spoken on Third Reading, including my hon. Friend the Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Miriam…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI am afraid that my right hon. Friend is absolutely correct. Again, to be more than fair, many prominent Labour voices have made precisely that point: the BDS campaign, those who…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI will not as I have only seconds left. I hope that as many Members as possible will feel that they can support the legislation.10 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillIt is specifically the case that public bodies, including the local government pension scheme and local authorities, should not be taking decisions that conflict with UK…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillNot for the first time, I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. He summed up in that intervention two of the critical points in the Bill. First, local government has many important…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I am grateful for the opportunity to move the Third Reading of this Bill. As the House will know, this Bill was introduced…10 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial Housing QualityOn 21 December 2020, just days after his second birthday, Awaab Ishak died having suffered a severe respiratory condition. The coroner’s inquest, in November 2022, concluded that…09 Jan 2024HANSARDLong-term Plan for Housing: Next StageThis Government are committed to building more homes, more quickly, more beautifully and more sustainably. The best way to deliver is through a reformed planning system. Today we…19 Dec 2023HANSARDProvisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2024-25: EnglandOn 5 December, I published a policy statement outlining proposals for the 2024-25 local government finance settlement to provide early certainty for councils. Today, I have set…18 Dec 2023HANSARDFuture Homes and Buildings StandardsThis Government understand that we must act quickly to reduce the carbon emitted by new buildings while delivering the good quality homes that are needed by communities across the…13 Dec 2023HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillExactly: the Minister is, like me, a great fan of the Marquess. In that debate the opening remarks of the Minister were: “We do not claim for this Bill any perfection of…11 Dec 2023HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point. I was going to say there are two other areas in particular that we should look at in Committee: the right to manage; and the abuse of…11 Dec 2023HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillI won’t at this stage. I freely admit that this Bill does not go as far as some in the House and elsewhere would like. Strong arguments have been made about how property agents…11 Dec 2023