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HANSARDWorking Tax Credit and Universal Credit: Two-Child LimitIt is a pleasure to respond to this debate under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I congratulate the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss) on introducing it. We have…21 Apr 2022HANSARDWorking Tax Credit and Universal Credit: Two-Child LimitCan the Minister confirm that he accepts the point I made in my speech—that the number of families with three or more children that are in absolute poverty has gone up…21 Apr 2022HANSARDWorking Tax Credit and Universal Credit: Two-Child Limitrose—21 Apr 2022HANSARD Flood Risk: LondonOn that point, to reinforce the point made by the hon. Member for Kensington (Felicity Buchan), we were told when we had floods in 2011 and 2012 that they were one-in-100-year…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Flood Risk: LondonI informed the hon. Lady that we would be seeking to make a brief intervention. I am grateful to her, and congratulate her on securing this debate. As she knows, I secured a…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Global Migration ChallengeThe Home Secretary has been pressed several times on the question of who will and who will not be liable to be included in this scheme, and specifically whether it will include…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Short and Holiday-Let Accommodation (Registration) BillI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish a national register of short and holiday-let accommodation; to give local authorities powers to require…23 Mar 2022HANSARD Daniel Morgan Independent Panel ReportWe have to rely on an efficient and effective police service that has the trust of all its communities, and we know from recent reports that the Met in particular has taken an…23 Mar 2022HANSARDDeprivation: Benefits PolicyThe new report from the centre-right Centre for Social Justice is about the latest scourge to hit the desperate and the destitute: illegal money lending. Over a million people…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Private Rented Sector HousingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: the earlier one intervenes, the better, in all respects. My third substantive point is the issue of temporary accommodation. This is property…15 Mar 2022HANSARDLegal AidThe Government cannot swerve responsibility for having made the largest cuts that have ever been made to the legal aid budget, which have brought civil and criminal providers to…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Private Rented Sector HousingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Ian Byrne) on securing this debate and on a very…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Private Rented Sector HousingI am grateful for that, Sir Gary; I am always anxious not to take too much time. I certainly agree that one of the issues in the private rented sector is that we do not actually…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Private Rented Sector HousingWill the Minister give way?15 Mar 2022HANSARD Refugees from UkraineWith one of the largest Ukrainian populations in the country in Westminster, I welcome this late change of heart by the Government. I hope it will work, and work considerably more…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Regional Inequalities: Child PovertyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist) for introducing the debate, and also for an excellent…02 Mar 2022HANSARDPension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) BillI congratulate the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier) on introducing the Bill, which the Opposition are pleased to support, as we were at previous…25 Feb 2022HANSARDCountering Russian Aggression and Tackling Illicit FinanceI appreciate that my right hon. Friend will say more on this issue. It is estimated that there is at least £2 billion of dirty money in the London property market—much of it is…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationI do not mind being partisan on this issue. Although the Labour Government, between 1997 and 2010, should have built more social housing, the absolute brutal fact of the matter is…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationAt any one time, there will always be tens of thousands—probably hundreds of thousands—of people throughout our society who need help and support, including housing support. They…23 Feb 2022