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HANSARDNewport Chartist Commemorations: Strengthening DemocracyI would like to make some more progress, because there is quite a lot to cover. In addition to those aims, our ongoing review of the 2024 general election will help to establish…04 Nov 2024HANSARDNewport Chartist Commemorations: Strengthening DemocracyI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden) for securing this important debate and for her work to promote the democratic rights of both her constituents…04 Nov 2024HANSARDFurniture PovertyWe regularly discuss a wide range of topics with ministerial colleagues, including the important matter of tackling poverty, and we also have the ministerial child poverty…28 Oct 2024HANSARDFurniture PovertyAs the hon. Member will be aware, we have a plan to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, and the Deputy Prime Minister is leading the ministerial taskforce on ending…28 Oct 2024HANSARDFurniture PovertyMy hon. Friend makes important points about the impact of the lack of these essential items through poverty, and I am happy to meet him and the End Furniture Poverty campaign.28 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe national planning policy guidance will recognise the importance of high-quality open spaces and opportunities for sports, physical activity, health and wellbeing in our…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Temporary AccommodationAbsolutely. I was giving examples, not an exhaustive list. I have already met with colleagues, as has the Deputy Prime Minister; we work very closely with the Department for…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Temporary AccommodationThe hon. Member raises the important barriers to employment that I know are exercising my ministerial colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions, not least as they look at…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Temporary AccommodationI hope the hon. Member is reassured by the points I have made already, but going forward we need to look at how we can enable much more collaboration between councils and among…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Temporary AccommodationI will come on to what we hope we can do in the coming weeks and months. All temporary accommodation must be safe and suitable for the households affected. Interventions in place…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Temporary AccommodationI welcome the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Josh Babarinde) to the House, and congratulate him on securing this important debate on funding for temporary accommodation. As we have…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Temporary AccommodationThe hon. Member has highlighted some really important issues affecting the private housing sector—costs and supply—and the impacts that they have in different areas. I will come…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Temporary AccommodationI am incredibly grateful, and my correspondence box is piling up with the mix of issues that my hon. Friend points to. We need to work collectively to tackle these issues, because…24 Oct 2024HANSARDRough SleepingMy hon. Friend makes an important point. That is why the involvement of the Department of Health and Social Care and other relevant Departments is key. Not least, because there…23 Oct 2024HANSARDRough SleepingI am running out of time, so please make it brief.23 Oct 2024HANSARDRough SleepingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing Southall (Deirdre Costigan) for securing this important debate on…23 Oct 2024HANSARDRough SleepingAs I was saying earlier, I am keen to work with colleagues. I have already indicated to officials that as part of our work across Government, we should make sure that Members of…23 Oct 2024HANSARDRough SleepingAbsolutely. I hope very much that, as part of the strategy that we develop, we can bring in the different perspectives. And, of course, I mentioned from the outset the…23 Oct 2024HANSARDRough SleepingMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point and I absolutely agree with him. That is the spirit in which we want to work and learn from the models that have been effective. Let us not…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Postal Voting at General ElectionsI thank the former Minister, the hon. Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare), for securing the debate and bringing the very important topic of elections to the attention of the…22 Oct 2024