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HANSARD Towns FundWe have made a manifesto commitment that I have repeated many times in this place that we will be bringing forward a UK shared prosperity fund. Further details on that will be set…18 Nov 2020HANSARD Towns FundI should say, just to clarify my answer to the hon. Member for Halton (Derek Twigg), because he seemed confused by it, that the point I was making was that absolutely, his bid…18 Nov 2020HANSARD Towns FundWell, it is not a terribly good look for the Labour party to say that it does not want investment to go into Cheadle. I think that the good people of Cheadle will welcome the fact…18 Nov 2020HANSARD Towns FundI thank my hon. Friend and will bear that in mind when we come to the competitive phase of the process. He makes the broader point very powerfully—namely, that from what we have…18 Nov 2020HANSARDSocial Housing UpdateI am today announcing the publication of the social housing White Paper. This White Paper will bring transformational change for social housing residents and the new approach and…17 Nov 2020HANSARDTown RegenerationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Blyth is one of the initial places chosen to develop proposals for the towns fund and for the future high streets fund, and we recently…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be very happy to meet the hon. Lady. The noble Lord Greenhalgh, the building safety Minister, and I have been meeting lenders and UK Finance to discuss the EWS1 form and…16 Nov 2020HANSARDRough Sleepers: AccommodationAs part of our plan to end rough sleeping, earlier this year I announced a £433 million funding package, which will provide 6,000 homes for rough sleepers over the course of this…16 Nov 2020HANSARDRough Sleepers: AccommodationI can assure my hon. Friend that that is absolutely the priority for my Department. I am proud that, as of September, we have successfully supported over 29,000 vulnerable people…16 Nov 2020HANSARDRough Sleepers: AccommodationIn a letter to me, the hon. Lady described the Government’s Everyone In programme as “an incredible achievement” that helped to save “hundreds of lives”. She is absolutely right,…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTown RegenerationI certainly can. We have taken a number of steps throughout the pandemic to help small businesses, particularly in retail and hospitality, so that when, as we hope and expect, the…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTown RegenerationMy hon. Friend makes an important point. We are seeing the most substantial change to our city centres and town centres since the second world war, and that does give us pause for…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be delighted to do so. The hon. Gentleman has been a fantastic champion of that cause.16 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would like to take this opportunity once again to thank our local councils and councillors across the country for their resilience and hard work in this period of new national…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend will know that my Department is working closely with the residents of Northpoint to ensure that they have access to funding. They are part of the building safety…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the Second Reading of his Bill. We are looking to strengthen the powers and sanctions in respect of both heritage and planning…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Department has already made it clear that a robust process was established—before I became Secretary of State. It was followed to the letter and we will not apologise for…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the officers and councillors at Cheshire West and Chester Council for the hard work that they have done already and no doubt will do in the weeks ahead. We have provided a…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe situation in Croydon is deeply concerning. There does appear to have been catastrophic financial mismanagement. Ultimately, it is the people of Croydon who will suffer as a…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my right hon. Friend the Minister for Housing has said repeatedly today, the funding that we have put into councils since the start of the pandemic —more than £7 billion—has…16 Nov 2020