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HANSARDTopical QuestionsNo, I did not.28 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsLabour made a big song and dance about tackling rogue landlords. No doubt Labour Members will have been made aware of revelations reported in The Londoner this morning about the…28 Oct 2024HANSARDLocal Authority FundingLocal authorities employ 2 million people and commission services such as adult social care. The impact assessment for the Secretary of State’s Employment Rights Bill says that…28 Oct 2024HANSARDLocal Authority FundingAt the last oral questions, the Secretary of State assured me that she had no plans to increase council tax for anyone. However, when pressed by my right hon. Friend the Member…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillThat is an excellent point—we should not make the problem worse. We should start with first principles not policy, but there are no first principles here that will help the Bill…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillI will give way first to the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Mike Martin).09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillI would like to make some progress. The Government are pressing ahead with measures that will cause gridlock in the justice system, which will create even more problems for…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillI do not mean to be patronising, but it is quite difficult when there are very clear issues that have a precedent in Scotland. The question is not why I am being patronising; the…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillWe will find out soon enough. Perhaps Members on the Government Benches are oblivious to these costs and dynamic effects—listening to their interventions, it appears so. I note…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillThere is a big difference between having a headline in a manifesto and seeing the detail, as many Members on the Government Benches will soon find out. Earlier on, their Prime…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillOf course we want people to have security in homes, but to do that we need to increase supply. We did what we could when we were in government, and we will help this Government to…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillPrivate landlords react to legislation, which is why we say that such legislation will reduce housing in the private rented sector. Fifty-six per cent. of landlords cited our…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillThat question is nonsense. My point is that tenants will not be able to find properties to rent in the first place. From that intervention, it seems that Labour still does not…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillYes, I do recall. The reason why our Bill did not get through is that we recognised its flaws. That is what I mean when I say that I worry about the Secretary of State, because…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillI have not seen that specific report, but I have seen others that indicate that this is happening. We have to be careful. I appreciate that the Government want to make renting…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillI am still on that subject, Madam Deputy Speaker. As I was saying, the hon. Member for Canterbury took the brave decision to leave the Labour party. I have followed her career in…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillIt is a privilege to open for the Opposition on Second Reading of the Renters’ Rights Bill in this momentous week. As the Secretary of State mentioned, Labour reaches 100 days in…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillWe need to focus on the contents of the Bill. If anyone has an issue with landlords in this House, it is Labour Members—I notice the hon. Member for Ilford South (Jas Athwal) ran…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillWill the Minister give way?09 Oct 2024HANSARDCommunity CohesionCan the right hon. Lady give me her assessment of the Khan review into social cohesion?02 Sept 2024