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HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Julie, your report from a few years ago was helpful in encouraging people to think about the private rented sector not as a homogeneous whole, but as having different markets…14 Nov 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillIt is genuinely hard to overstate the scale of the housing crisis that we are in, in 2023. Every element of this crisis interacts with every other element, and they all feed off…23 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Some 4,240 households in London alone were evicted last year using the no-fault possession grounds that the Government first promised to scrap four years ago. How many more…16 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe barbarism unleashed last weekend is unparalleled in the history of the state of Israel. Israel unequivocally has the right to defend itself, and yet it remains the case that…16 Oct 2023HANSARDLabour Market InactivityWe all want to see both unemployment and economic inactivity as low as possible, but the Office for National Statistics, quoted approvingly by the Minister a few minutes ago,…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsHow many of the schools affected are academy schools? Are any of them free schools or stand-alone academies? For those schools that are not directly accountable to the Department…04 Sept 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyI will touch on that in a second. We all want to see people in good, well-paid work. The fact that work is not a route out of poverty has been proven amply in recent years, and…28 Jun 2023HANSARDWater Industry: Financial ResilienceThe staggering complacency we are hearing from the Minister will come as no comfort to my constituents who were flooded out three years ago in the west London floods, which were…28 Jun 2023HANSARD In-work PovertyIt is a pleasure to be here under your chairmanship, Sir George. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) on introducing the debate, and on setting out a…28 Jun 2023HANSARDLocal Housing AllowanceThe Government’s mortgage crisis is about to be the next blow to hit renters, because so many are renting from those with buy-to-let mortgages. Already, 49%—almost half—of…19 Jun 2023HANSARDNew Hospital Programme and Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustI am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith (Andy Slaughter) on securing it. It is a pleasure to…13 Jun 2023HANSARD Net Migration FiguresThe number of people waiting for asylum applications to be processed for more than six months has risen by 10,000 to 128,000. The Minister suggested that reducing the backlog,…25 May 2023HANSARD New HospitalsThe Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust, including St Mary’s Hospital Paddington, has the largest maintenance backlog in the country. We have had floods, fires, sewage leaks and…25 May 2023HANSARDCoronation: Policing of ProtestsI appreciate that this was an exceptionally challenging weekend for the police, but I am particularly concerned about the arrest and detention of members of the Westminster Night…09 May 2023HANSARDChild Poverty in the NorthMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Frankly, it is bizarre that child poverty is not seen as a critical issue in its own right in the levelling-up agenda. At the root of the…03 May 2023HANSARDChild Poverty in the NorthIt is a pleasure to reply to this debate under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck) on introducing it in a…03 May 2023HANSARDSudanWith a large Sudanese community in Westminster, it is no surprise that I have a number of constituents currently trapped, terrified, in Khartoum. I must tell the Minister that at…24 Apr 2023HANSARDSocial Security Recipients: Employment and EarningsThe Department’s recently published research on sanctions, including those relating to in-work conditionality, show that sanctions have a negative impact on claimant earnings. How…24 Apr 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Casey ReviewNeither the long-standing concerns about police culture identified in the Casey report nor the individual instances of racism, misogyny and homophobia in the police can be laid at…21 Mar 2023HANSARD Child Support (Enforcement) BillWe all know that being a single parent increases the risk of falling into poverty, and that is even more the case when an absent parent does not fulfil their maintenance…17 Mar 2023