Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation and Liability for Housing Standards) Bill
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634 cc1203-1229 Session
2017-19Legislative stage
Second readingChamber / Committee
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Wednesday, 19 July 2017
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Proceeding contributions
It is good to be back debating the Bill again and to speak after the hon. Member for Wells (James...
My right hon. Friend is making a really powerful speech. Does he agree that the Government should...
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My hon. Friend is right. I hope that the Minister will acknowledge the opportunity that this Bill...
It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey). I congra...
I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.
I welcome the...
It is excellent that we have this cross-party debate and that we are all working together, and I ...
Excellent. My office will be in touch with the hon. Lady’s to see if we can get a date.
Ena...
Will my hon. Friend join me in praising her local authority for leading the way? Other boroughs s...
Newham Council was absolutely right to take the action it did, and the Government were right to s...
It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for West Ham (Lyn Brown), and I pay tribute to ...
May I extend an invitation to the hon. Gentleman to West Ham for coffee and cake, and to see the ...
The hon. Lady is incredibly generous. It would be remiss of me not to accept such a kind invitati...
From behind the crisp white façades of Kensington, and from neighbouring Chelsea, come tales of t...
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Kensington (Emma Dent Coad). I, too, support the B...
This is such an important issue, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Westminster Nor...
I am saddened to hear about the way in which my hon. Friend’s constituents have been treated by t...
I absolutely acknowledge that. That is disgraceful.
Some of the providers in Kent are faili...
I commend the hon. Member for Westminster North (Ms Buck) for bringing in this important legislat...
Given that the private rented sector is composed of a plethora of small landladies or landlords, ...
I thank the hon. Lady. I will be touching on that later. It is important that we do not make priv...
Will the hon. Lady give way?
I am going to plough on, because I know that many colleagues want to speak.
The survey resu...
Will the hon. Lady give way?
If the hon. Gentleman does not mind, I am going to plough on.
I am in regular contact with ...
I am delighted to support a Bill that will make a real difference to serious problems affecting m...
Like a sinner who repenteth.
Indeed. I would hate ever to be churlish in the Chamber, and I raise these matters only to rejoic...
Is my hon. Friend aware that £22 billion is spent each year on housing benefit, with much of it g...
I could not agree more, although I do not want to be tempted too far away from today’s subject. C...
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hammersmith (Andy Slaughter), although I am not on...
The hon. Gentleman clearly has an encyclopaedic knowledge of people’s birthdays, so it will not h...
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his wisdom—
Order. Let us take this moment to wish the Speaker’s Chaplain and Mr Speaker a happy birthday.
Could we divide on that?
No, we will not divide. I shall assume that the entire House wishes to send best wishes to Mr Spe...
Let me return to the Bill—or nearly, at least. I thank the hon. Member for Westminster North (Ms ...
Is it not right that the Bill will greatly improve safety for the large number of children who re...
I completely endorse the hon. Gentleman’s comments. The YMCA took people from 16 years of age—som...
Will the hon. Gentleman also accept that a safe and secure environment should mean having carbon ...
I completely endorse those comments. As the hon. Gentleman says, carbon monoxide is a silent kill...
I wholeheartedly endorse and support the Bill. Along with the financial strains placed on my cons...
My hon. Friend mentioned the issue of healthy accommodation. Does he agree that, actually, poor-q...
I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for her contribution. It is a very sad, but salient, poi...
I rise briefly to welcome this Bill and to congratulate the hon. Member for Westminster North (Ms...
Is the hon. Lady worried, as I am, that not only do we have homes that are not really fit for hum...
I agree with the hon. Gentleman that it is extremely important that we make sure that all childre...
It is a pleasure to be called to speak on this Bill. In fact, it is a pleasure to be able to spea...
I, too, wish a happy birthday to Mr Speaker, and to Rose Hudson-Wilkin.
I congratulate the ...
Will the Minister give way?
I will not give way, if the hon. Gentleman does not mind, because some very important business is...
Will the Minister give way?
I will not give way, if my hon. Friend does not mind, but I will refer to him in a moment.
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Will the Minister give way?
No. Sadly, I am about to finish because a very important Bill follows this one. I met the hon. Me...
I rise only to thank the Minister on her first outing at the Dispatch Box for her support, and I ...