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HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillThe Minister’s children are in their 20s, but we want to make sure that they are not in their 30s before the Bill actually comes into effect, so will she give us a clear time when…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Thank you for this opportunity to raise a point of order about a serious incident affecting my hon. Friend the Member for Bedford (Mohammad…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillThe Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee raised the need for an effective and efficient court system to deal with such matters. Evictions will now have to go to court…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillI completely agree with those points, and I hope the Secretary of State responds positively to them. I think the situation is of real concern, and there is no reason why the ban…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillThe Bill does not really deal with the issue of affordability at all. One of the big issues is the freezing of the local housing allowance: some 90% of properties in the private…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillFirst, I put on record that I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association. Having considered the White Paper and then the Bill, the Select Committee welcomes in…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Birmingham City CouncilThe Secretary of State gave a list of councils where section 114 notices had been served and commissioners had been brought in. Perhaps he can confirm that Thurrock, Woking and…19 Sept 2023HANSARD Departmental Response TimesYes, the hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. He has served on the Committee all the time I have been Chair. We have worked together closely and he has done an absolutely…19 Sept 2023HANSARD Departmental Response TimesYes. The Committee works on a cross-party basis and our report on the PRS was produced unanimously. We have raised our concerns about the delayed response in person with Ministers…19 Sept 2023HANSARD Departmental Response TimesToday, the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee has published a special report on the response times of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to the…19 Sept 2023HANSARDInvestment ZonesI was present on the day the Chancellor came to launch the investment zone in my constituency, and of course I too welcome the investment into Boeing there. Does he accept that…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI am happy to go, but the shadow Minister—05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThis is hardly a new problem, is it? The Court decision was in 2018, yet last year we had the levelling-up Bill, which was really a planning Bill with a bit of levelling up added…05 Sept 2023HANSARDClimate Finance: Tackling Loss and DamageOrder. We have three Members indicating that they wish to speak in the debate. I will start up the wind-ups just before 10.30 am, so that leaves around 10 minutes for each Member…05 Sept 2023HANSARDClimate Finance: Tackling Loss and DamageWe now move on to the Front Benchers. I think they may have worked out that there is more time than their allotted 10 minutes, although they are not required to take longer and I…05 Sept 2023HANSARDClimate Finance: Tackling Loss and DamageI call the Minister to respond. He has a reasonable amount of time, but would he leave at least a couple of minutes at the end for the mover to respond?05 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsThe Chair of the Public Accounts Committee rightly drew attention to the National Audit Office report that highlighted the serious underfunding of the capital programme in the…04 Sept 2023HANSARDHouse BuildingI do not doubt the Minister’s good intentions on house building, but does she accept that, according to her own Department’s figures, housing starts fell by 12% year on year in…10 Jul 2023HANSARDWater Industry: Financial ResilienceIn the last year, a number of my constituents on the Westfield estate have had their homes and gardens flooded with raw sewage. Yorkshire Water accepts that it is its sewage, but…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Stem Cell Transplant PatientsFirst, let me declare my interest: I am vice chair of the all-party group, and also a recipient of a transplant six years ago. My right hon. Friend is absolutely right on this…12 Jun 2023