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HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateThe Minister has made vague statements about all asylum seekers being moved out of hotels, but he does not have a plan for how to do it, does he? [ Interruption. ] Well, let us…29 Mar 2023HANSARDHuman Trafficking and Modern SlaveryFour Members wish to speak, and we have 30 minutes, so if hon. Members could divide that into seven and a half minutes each, and stick to that, it would be really appreciated. I…29 Mar 2023HANSARDHuman Trafficking and Modern SlaveryI thank all hon. Members for keeping to time. We will move on to the wind-ups now. Each Front-Bench speaker has 10 minutes, or effectively 11, given that we have a bit of extra…29 Mar 2023HANSARDHuman Trafficking and Modern SlaveryCould the Minister finish by 10.58 am to allow Peter Bone to do a short wind-up at the end?29 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker.29 Mar 2023HANSARDHuman Trafficking and Modern SlaveryPeter Bone has less than one minute to wind up.29 Mar 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. In the Minister’s response to the question I asked him, he said that I had always opposed house building. I think the Minister knows that…29 Mar 2023HANSARDHuman Trafficking and Modern SlaveryIt is seven minutes each for the remaining speakers, so that we start the wind-ups at 10.28 am.29 Mar 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorOn the answer that the Minister has just given, I should say that the Select Committee recommended that when section 21 goes there has to be a means of dealing speedily with cases…27 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Revised Timetable and BudgetAt the same time as the cancellation of the HS2 route to Leeds, the route to Sheffield was cancelled, but we were told not to worry because plenty of other good things were going…14 Mar 2023HANSARD BBC: Government Role in ImpartialityWhatever review is undertaken now, Richard Sharp is currently the chair of the BBC. The specifications say that one of his responsibilities is the “delivery of impartiality” at…14 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding SafetyI thank the Secretary of State for his statement. Clearly, any progress in this matter is welcome for the leaseholders who are still sat there, wondering when something is going…14 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding SafetyWhich one’s which?14 Mar 2023HANSARDAdult Social Carerose —08 Mar 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareI thank the Minister for giving way; his further comments were quite helpful because they lead on to the intervention I was going to make, which comes back to local funding for…08 Mar 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareThe hon. Lady is talking about the fair cost of care. I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association, where there is a real concern that the money…08 Mar 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareFigures are bandied around, but I think that the figure is somewhere between £7 billion and £14 billion. It depends—the right hon. Gentleman is addressing this point properly—on…08 Mar 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareMadam Deputy Speaker, you came into the Chair as I was halfway through, so let me, too, welcome you back. This has been a good debate. Whether it has taken us forward, only time…08 Mar 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point, and he has been through some of those discussions on the Select Committee—I think the County Councils Network also made that point strongly…08 Mar 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareThat is a great point from my hon. Friend. We recognise that that care is generally provided with a lot of love and commitment from people who do it, but very often they will…08 Mar 2023