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HANSARDAdult 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 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not know whether the Minister is aware of the plans being developed at the University of Sheffield’s advanced manufacturing research centre, with Boeing, to research and…02 Mar 2023HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]In an earlier intervention I mentioned the Select Committee’s report and the fact that we are still waiting for a Government response, several months later. One of the issues that…01 Mar 2023HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee held an inquiry into social housing regulation. I think we are waiting for a Government response to our report from several…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Football Governance White PaperI welcome the White Paper, which contains most of the important recommendations of the fan-led review. Most football fans in this country will not read the White Paper, and…23 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Customer CreditWe move on to the Front-Bench spokespeople. They have about 20 minutes each if they really want to take it, but that is entirely up to them.22 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationIf I go to the polling station at the local government election, I can produce my passport, which I do not normally carry, or my driving licence. If I do not have either, I could…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationI thank my hon. Friend. If I were a young person with a travel pass issued by the same authority, I could not produce it at the polling station. Quite simply, what do the…21 Feb 2023HANSARDFan-led Review and Football White PaperWill the Minister just stop trying to deflect attention by saying that football will sort itself out? The mess that the game is in is because football has not sorted itself out.…20 Feb 2023HANSARDMetro Mayors: Transfer of PowersThe trailblazer deals in the West Midlands and Greater Manchester imply that everyone else will have to sit and wait, and not get extra devolution. Will the Minister disabuse me…20 Feb 2023HANSARD Capital Projects: Spending DecisionsI congratulate the Minister on a valiant attempt at deflection. He has said that the budget and the policy had not changed, and they have not; what has changed is that the…09 Feb 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorI thank the hon. Member for his question, which is one that he must address to the Minister. Certainly, we had evidence that the reforms particularly hit smaller landlords who…09 Feb 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorI am tempted to note that perhaps if Members direct their questions to me, they might get slightly better answers than from the Minister—that is probably very unfair at the…09 Feb 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorIn the previous report, we did not look specifically at mechanisms for increasing housing supply. In this report, we recommended that 90,000 social homes are built a year and said…09 Feb 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorThis is probably not the first occasion that I agree with the hon. Member. The portal is an extremely important step forward, and it will bring that information together. We…09 Feb 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorYes, because it is a recommendation in our report. Wherever the reply to our report comes from—I presume it will come from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and…09 Feb 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorThat would be a good idea because, in the end, how the court process and the ways of resolving disputes will work are key to the reforms. We ought to be able to talk through that…09 Feb 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorIt is not my job to select Housing Ministers, unfortunately. Maybe one reform we could introduce in future is Select Committees choosing Ministers, but we are not there yet. In…09 Feb 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorWe did not specifically look at that, but my hon. Friend makes a very good point. We made the following recommendation: the Government propose one housing ombudsman for landlords,…09 Feb 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorThe issue of rent in the private rented sector is clearly important. We did not propose any change relating to the first time a tenancy is let, but we recognise that there must be…09 Feb 2023