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HANSARD 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 2021HANSARDFirst-time Home BuyersThis Government are making the dream of home ownership a reality, with the number of first-time buyers now at its highest level for 12 years. Over the past decade, our schemes…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFirst-time Home BuyersThe hon. Gentleman and I share the same view that young people in this country should have every right to get on the housing ladder, like those of us who were fortunate enough to…22 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn Saturday, I was delighted to announce that the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government will be opening a new dual headquarters in the great city of…22 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon Friend the Lord Chancellor and I are working to consider what further steps are necessary. We will hear in a few moments’ time the Prime Minister’s statement, which…22 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an important point. We went into the pandemic as one of the leading countries in the world in terms of having a cashless society. The chief executive of the…22 Feb 2021HANSARDLocal Government ReorganisationAs I told the House on 12 October 2020, c. 6-7 WS, I have issued invitations under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (the 2007 Act) to principal…22 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree wholeheartedly with my right hon. Friend. It does speak to the priorities of the current Mayor of London that he would devote so much time to statues and street names,…22 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend notes, the £3.6 billion towns fund is being delivered in England with great success. There is, however, nothing to prevent the Welsh Government from investing in…22 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not think my right hon. Friend needs any reminding; he of course was the Chancellor who gave us the business rates holiday that has supported hundreds of thousands of…22 Feb 2021HANSARDHigh StreetsI fully agree with my hon. Friend. We are seeing profound changes to the high street. As it begins to reopen later this year, we will need an extremely flexible planning system so…22 Feb 2021