Contributions
1,629 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARD Leaseholders and CladdingI completely agree. We know that 75 private block owners do not even have a plan in place to remove this cladding. Will the Minister confirm that, as the Secretary of State…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Leaseholders and CladdingThat is absolutely correct. There is a whole raft of areas in which different evidence is gathered and different work needs to be done. There are questions about all those things.…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Leaseholders and CladdingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies, and I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn) on securing what is clearly an…12 Feb 2020HANSARDFlats and Shared Housing: Fire RiskIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Reading East (Matt Rodda) on—as the Select Committee Chair, my hon.…28 Jan 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI recently had occasion to try to navigate the procedures of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and the House’s Human Resources Department to establish what should…23 Jan 2020HANSARDCounty Lines: Women and GirlsWe think that at least one in 10 people involved in county lines are girls, and the number is probably a lot higher than that. Her Majesty’s inspectorate of constabulary has just…23 Jan 2020HANSARDCounty Lines: Women and Girls12. What recent assessment she has made of the effect of county lines exploitation on (a) women and (b) girls.23 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWestfield is set to open a fabulous new shopping centre in Croydon, but the French owner of Westfield, Unibail-Rodamco, is worried about business rates, the state of retail and…21 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsQ9. I congratulate the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and all the parties in Northern Ireland on the re-establishment of the Assembly. The press were…15 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhen the Prime Minister was Mayor of London, the number of stop and searches steadily declined, but they became more effective and intelligence-led. As a result, the arrest rate…14 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Westfield and Hammerson are due to build a new shopping centre in my constituency. Westfield has been bought by Unibail-Rodamco, which is a large French developer, and it has…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateThe Times said today: “The whole point of Conservative government is to provide an executive aware of its limitations and sensitive to the dangers of over-reaching them…A Tory…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Education FundingWe have seen a 53% increase in school exclusions over the last few years—a 53% increase—and half of all those children have special educational needs and are not getting the…03 Sept 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn Thursday, it was confirmed that high pressure laminate cladding, exactly like Grenfell-style ACM cladding, is lethal in certain combinations and must be removed from buildings.…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Leasehold ReformI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) and all the other members of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee on such a…11 Jul 2019HANSARD Leasehold ReformExactly. If the Minister does not accept that 100,000 figure, what work is her Department doing to understand what the number is? What possible reason can she give, after the 60…11 Jul 2019HANSARD GCHQ CentenaryI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He is making a powerful speech and I am privileged to be here. A dear friend of mine is a senior official in the NCSC, and I…11 Jul 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities17. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.24 Jun 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and DisabilitiesA survey of headteachers in Croydon showed that 85% had been forced to cut special educational needs provision. We know that 50% of excluded kids have a special educational need,…24 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ13. The Prime Minister is a busy woman, so she might not have seen the latest report from Inside Housing , which has revealed that three successive Ministers were written to a…19 Jun 2019