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HANSARD Liverpool City CouncilYes, the report is clear that a major cultural change is required at the council. Mr Caller concludes that that will require radical change both by some members and some officers,…24 Mar 2021HANSARDRough Sleeping Accommodation Programme FundingToday, the Government are launching the next phase of the rough sleeping accommodation programme. Councils across England are invited to bid for a share of funding totalling £212…18 Mar 2021HANSARDBuilding SafetyI have undertaken to provide the House with a monthly building safety update. On 10 February I announced my five-point plan to bring an end to unsafe cladding: 1. The Government…11 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Road Map: Planning and HospitalityAs set out in the Government’s road map for easing the lockdown restrictions, in step two, which will be no earlier than 12 April, hospitality venues will be allowed to serve…08 Mar 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI praise my hon. Friend for the work that he has done. It is important that we do not attribute the whole of the success that we are seeing this year to the Everyone In…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingThe Health Secretary and I secured funding at the spending review for the programme of support for mental health conditions and substance abuse. We also made a joint bid with the…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingYes, they certainly are. In each of the interventions that we have made over the course of the pandemic and will make in the future, we have taken this housing and health…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI will try to answer as many of the hon. Lady’s questions as I can. I was sad that she could not be more fulsome in welcoming the achievements that have been made over the past…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingThe numbers that we publish today are a snapshot of a single night in November. Those are the most robust data sources that we have. They are the ones that we are able to measure…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingMy hon. Friend is right. This is a collective effort across the whole country and in every community. I join him in praising everyone in Milton Keynes for their hard work. To have…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingLuton Borough Council’s area has seen a 65% reduction in rough sleeping, according to the numbers that were published today, so I hope that the hon. Lady will welcome the…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI join my hon. Friend in praising Westminster City Council, its officers, its brilliant leader Rachael Robathan, and its very good previous leader, both of whom have been…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingMy hon. Friend represents one of the parts of the country where the snapshot showed that only a single individual was sleeping rough on that night in November, so I pay huge…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI shall be brief, Madam Deputy Speaker. The hon. Gentleman is right to raise some of the other causes of homelessness and rough sleeping. That is why we increased the local…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI am proud of the action that we have taken to support renters throughout the pandemic. The hon. Gentleman is right to draw attention to the moratorium on evictions that I…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI would be delighted to extend my praise to John Conway and his officers at the council. The statistics that my hon. Friend has just read out are a real tribute to the hard work…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. We are very committed to building more homes. We want to build more homes than any Government before—homes of all types and…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI am only too happy to praise the local organisations in my hon. Friend’s constituency, such as New Hope and One YMCA. As I said earlier, those who work on the frontline of…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI am grateful to the Chair of the Select Committee. In the light of the health emergency we were in, and that in many respects we remain in today, we took the decision to advise…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI praise the local councils in my hon. Friend’s area, such as Exeter, for the good work that they have done, and East Devon District Council; we have seen the snapshot fall to a…25 Feb 2021