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HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateTonight the Prime Minister has made calculatedly inflammatory comments against parliamentarians, and he will be accountable for the consequences of that language, but I want to…25 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ9. As a result of budget cuts to the Home Office, largely enacted while the right hon. Gentleman was Mayor of London, police numbers plummeted: we have 1,000 fewer officers in…04 Sept 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and HomelessnessIt is a pleasure to speak in this important debate under your chairmanship, Mr Bailey. Central London, which includes my constituency, is the largest private rental market in the…24 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and HomelessnessThe whole point of discretionary housing payments is that they are temporary, so they do not provide a solution to any of these problems.24 Jul 2019HANSARD Workplace Deaths: ScotlandOrder. Interventions should be short.24 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and HomelessnessA temporary one.24 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and HomelessnessWill my hon. Friend join me in congratulating London Councils, which has been doing some excellent research? It found that, even over the period of targeted affordability funding,…24 Jul 2019HANSARD A38 ImprovementsBefore I call the Minister to respond, I will just apologise, both to the hon. Member for South East Cornwall (Mrs Murray) and the Minister, for my late arrival.19 Jun 2019HANSARDFree SchoolsI call Mike Kane.19 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith (Andy Slaughter) on his dogged pursuit of this consumer scandal. Is not too much onus being left on consumers to…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeDoes the Minister not understand that we are reaping the whirlwind —that £1 billion has been taken out of the Met budget and we are being asked to be grateful for the small amount…17 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial HousingDoes my hon. Friend acknowledge that one of the first acts of the incoming Conservative Government was to shift housing subsidy away from bricks and mortar and into housing…13 Jun 2019HANSARDGrenfell Tower FireI totally agree. People living in high-rise blocks wrapped in cladding find it inexplicable that the Government still have such a deregulatory approach and expect the industry to…06 Jun 2019HANSARDGrenfell Tower FireIt is completely inexplicable. The public expect the Government to act quickly and firmly to ensure that products and building standards are safe, but that has not been done. As…06 Jun 2019HANSARDGrenfell Tower FireI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington (Emma Dent Coad) on securing the debate and on the work she has championed since she was elected. She was plunged into this…06 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ7. It took time to get there, but the Prime Minister has now recognised that a no-deal Brexit is not a viable option. However, she knows as well as the rest of us that many of…22 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionLike many hon. Members, I have had parents contact me recently who are desperate to obtain treatment for their children. They have said to me that, if anything, the situation has…20 May 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaWe also know that an excessive level of hatred and abuse is piled on to black and minority ethnic public figures on Facebook, including the Mayor of London, who receives a torrent…16 May 2019HANSARD Buildings with ACM CladdingI very much welcome the money, although I have to say that the Department‘s idea of urgency is not quite the same as mine, two years after Grenfell. I think that the Secretary of…09 May 2019HANSARD NHS: North-West LondonIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship for the second time today, Sir Christopher. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith (Andy Slaughter) on securing…24 Apr 2019