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HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllMy hon. Friend has not seen the Bill yet. When he does, I hope he will be reassured and converted into an enthusiastic supporter of it. He and I are going to meet in the coming…18 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllAppropriately, I will come to my hon. Friend at this point.18 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllThat is an extremely important point. Through our home building fund, we are investing in a number of ways in the emerging modern methods of construction industry, which I know my…18 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllIf the hon. Gentleman does not mind, I will keep going, because I appreciate that other Members wish to speak. We will set out our proposals for a new lifetime deposit model, to…18 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllThere has been a response and I will come on to that in a moment. We have brought forward the biggest affordable homes programme for at least 10 years—£12 billion, a very…18 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllI will, and then I really must make progress.18 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllI would say two things to the hon Gentleman, who makes an important point. First, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor and his predecessors have brought forward tax changes so that…18 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllI will come to that point in a moment, if I may, because the good news is that the planning reform Bill does that as well. We are not divided on this issue; we are united. We want…18 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point, and many of the policies we are pursuing are UK-wide. They include, for example, the mortgage guarantee that is enabling young people…18 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllAs the Prime Minister has made clear, the future beyond the pandemic is not about restoring the status quo; we can and must do better, and last week’s Queen’s Speech set out our…18 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Stoke-on-Trent is exactly the sort of place that is building the homes that the local community needs. It is meeting—indeed, exceeding—its…18 May 2021HANSARDAntisemitic AttacksThat is an extremely important point. As I have said, there is work to be done online and in our schools, and there is also work we can do through the creation of new museums and…17 May 2021HANSARDAntisemitic AttacksAntisemitic crimes, like all those with regard to racism, are serious crimes, and we expect police forces investigating these issues to do so rigorously, robustly and swiftly, and…17 May 2021HANSARDAntisemitic AttacksThe hon. Lady is right to say that in London, as in many other parts of the country, relations between the Jewish community and the Muslim community are generally good, and…17 May 2021HANSARDAntisemitic AttacksI think that the online harms Bill outlined in the Queen’s Speech will be an important weapon in our arsenal, enabling us to take action against the virus of antisemitism and…17 May 2021HANSARDAntisemitic AttacksI hope I can provide the reassurance that police forces across the country, including in Greater Manchester, are taking action to ensure that there are patrols and, where there…17 May 2021HANSARDAntisemitic AttacksYes, there certainly is. As the father of three young Jewish girls, I am absolutely committed to ensuring that the British Jewish community feel protected, feel safe and feel that…17 May 2021HANSARDAntisemitic AttacksWe have only to look on social media today to see that a very large number of our fellow citizens do not understand what antisemitism is, or else they would not be liking and…17 May 2021HANSARDAntisemitic AttacksLet me be perfectly clear: the UK Government believe that Israel has a right to self-defence. The UK Government believe that that must be exercised proportionately and with due…17 May 2021HANSARDAntisemitic AttacksI thank the hon. Lady for her work. I appreciate that yesterday’s events played out partly in her constituency, and partly in the constituencies of the hon. Member for Westminster…17 May 2021