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HANSARD Alternative Fuelled Vehicles: Energy ProvisionI now call Dr Alan Whitehead to speak for the Opposition—five minutes again, please.06 Oct 2020HANSARD Alternative Fuelled Vehicles: Energy ProvisionWe now move on to the Front Bench Members, who I am sure will be equally co-operative. I am getting ahead of myself. Anthony Browne, you have sat there patiently.06 Oct 2020HANSARD IHRA Definition of Antisemitism: UniversitiesOrder. I think we are just about to have a vote, so rather than interrupt the Minister as she is responding, it is probably best if we suspend the sitting for 15 minutes. I will…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Alternative Fuelled Vehicles: Energy ProvisionWe have seven Members on the call list, so that is three minutes each. I will have to enforce that, as the wind-up speeches will start at 5.20 pm. I call Tom Randall.06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportIn the leisure and entertainment industry in my constituency, Cineworld shut its cinema, Hollywood Bowl has written to me about the problems that it has, wanting a further cut in…06 Oct 2020HANSARD IHRA Definition of Antisemitism: UniversitiesBefore we begin, I remind hon. Members as they take their seats that, with the new rules, they should make sure to wipe their microphones and everything else. That is part of the…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Alternative Fuelled Vehicles: Energy ProvisionI thank all Members for their co-operation, including Anthony Browne. Over to the Front Benchers.06 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Authorities: FundingCould I say that the Government’s decision to help councils with loss of funding, particularly for leisure centres, parking revenue and such things, is welcome? There is one group…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Town and Country PlanningThe planning system is there so that individuals and organisations can develop sites and buildings appropriately. It is also there to protect the community from inappropriate…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Town and Country PlanningMacmillan homes, built after the Bevan homes in the 1950s, were actually built to smaller space standards. I know that because I was actually brought up in one.30 Sept 2020HANSARDEnd of Eviction MoratoriumI have two simple asks of the Minister. First, does he recognise that there will be people in dire financial hardship who struggle and cannot pay their rent? I heard what he said…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateTwo weeks ago, residents in Darnall in my constituency were pleased that a new walk-in test centre was going to be opened. They are now being told not merely that they cannot walk…17 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe all make mistakes.08 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Secretary of State says that we all need to work together, and I am sure he will agree that we need to make better use of the excellence of public health officials at the…08 Sept 2020HANSARDRented Homes: End of Evictions BanIn the end, as I am sure the Minister will agree, we all want to get to a position where no tenant is evicted because of covid-related matters. I recognise that the Government…22 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsI do not know whether the Prime Minister has had a chance yet to read the report commissioned by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the standard of homes…22 Jul 2020HANSARDLocal Authorities: Covid-19 PreventionThe Minister may not know this, but on 1 June, following the Prime Minister’s appearance at the Liaison Committee, I wrote to him about local authority involvement in tackling…20 Jul 2020HANSARDHousing, Communities and Local Government: Departmental SpendingThat leads into another area. The Select Committee has just produced a report about cladding and other such issues. We have challenged the Government to produce funding in that…09 Jul 2020HANSARDHousing, Communities and Local Government: Departmental SpendingFirst, I will look at the covid crisis and how local government has responded to it. I think I speak for every Member of this House when I say that local councils, collectively…09 Jul 2020HANSARDHousing, Communities and Local Government: Departmental SpendingI will give way, but just once I think.09 Jul 2020