Rough Sleeping

I agree 100%—there is nothing higher than 100%. There is a contrast here, because the public will...

Virtually every evening, as we walk out of this place into the tube station, we pass a number of ...

Absolutely. No part of the country is not affected by homelessness in all its forms, but in parti...

I cannot be present for the whole debate, but I too wanted to thank St Mungo’s, as well as Access...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I should probably finish my speech, because he ...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. If it were not for local organis...

I have not been able to disagree with a single intervention yet—someone will have to challenge me...

Organisations such as Depaul and the YMCA have projects that help thousands of young people who s...

Again, I agree. I was going to mention Depaul specifically because it has a base in Bermondsey. I...

I know homeless people who have not applied for universal credit because it is so complex. Does m...

It certainly is. The universal credit training centre is at the London Bridge jobcentre in my con...

My hon. Friend is making a fantastic opening speech. He talks about some of the inherent problems...

We are keeping up the trend, because I completely agree. People who have very little and who use ...

I want to make the point about homeless women who may not have access to sanitary products, and h...

My hon. Friend has done a huge amount of campaigning on that issue, including on the tampon tax. ...

And baby milk.

Yes, baby milk too. If anyone watching this debate wants to donate, do not just take food—it is n...

To build on those statistics, research in 2014 found that 61% of women and 16% of men who were ho...

I completely agree, and I will come back to domestic violence later.

The data are based on ...

The figures that my hon. Friend mentions are compelling, but even if we did not have them, we can...

Sadly, my hon. Friend is right to be nervous. Of course, I gave way to the chair of the parliamen...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. I have been out with the police in Lancash...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I know she does a huge amount on policing. The police should ...

My hon. Friend touches on something vital: we must deal not just with the phenomenon of homelessn...

My right hon. Friend is spot on. It is a sad truth that we know who these people are. We know whi...

My hon. Friend is being incredibly generous with interventions. We know what the causes are. We a...

My hon. Friend is right to be angry, and she is right to remember that this problem was being res...

Does my hon. Friend agree that although we welcome the severe weather emergency provision money, ...

Absolutely. The costs of getting this wrong are far greater than the costs of the up-front preven...

I am finding the hon. Gentleman’s speech of great interest, and he has obviously researched this ...

Finally, an intervention that I can say “Get lost!” to. Bad luck; perhaps the hon. Gentleman did ...

Batley Homeless Project, Dewsbury Cares and Churches Together in Dewsbury do amazing voluntary wo...

We are, of course, grateful to the army of people out there who are propping up this failing syst...

Before I call the next speaker, I want to say that this is an important subject and the hon. Gent...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma, and to follow my friend the hon. Me...

I know that the figures are disputed and that the changed statistics show differences year to yea...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention; I picked up on that point, which the hon. Member for ...

I do not disagree with the point the hon. Gentleman is making. Would he like to comment on the op...

I had not seen that, so it would be ill-judged to comment on it. I can point the hon. Gentleman t...

The hon. Gentleman may feel positive about the Government accepting that homelessness should be s...

The hon. Lady makes a good point about health funding. I have raised my own concerns about that p...

I apologise that I will not be able to stay to hear the Minister’s response. While I appreciate t...

As I mentioned, the last Labour Government made several helpful interventions, but I genuinely be...

The hon. Gentleman is making an incredibly long speech. It is not about throwing money at homeles...

I thank the hon. Lady for the intervention. I mentioned that the issue is in part about money, bu...

Again, I cannot fault what the hon. Gentleman is saying about social housing. It is what all the ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. There are many reasons for what he refers to. T...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his generosity in giving way. Does he agree with me on th...

I will have to look to the hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, because I believe that t...

Order. Before I call the next speaker, I say to hon. Members that they may seek to make intervent...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. There were a lot of thanks in the o...

I will not impose a time limit on speeches at this stage, but I urge hon. Members to keep to seve...

Thank you very much, Mr Sharma.

If hon. Members have not already been, I recommend that the...

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Buck. I know you would be speaking on the issue if y...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Neil Coyle) not only on securing...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck, not least because of your interest an...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck.

Too long!

Given that heckle, I will be considerate as there are Labour Members who want to speak, even thou...

Before I call the next speaker, it is obvious to Members that we have three speakers to go, and w...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck. I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend t...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck. On a personal level, it is good to se...

It is a pleasure, as always, to see you in the Chair, Ms Buck. I know how personally committed yo...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck. I, too, thank the hon. Members for Be...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Mem...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck, and that of Mr Sharma before you. I c...

But there is no proper counting system—

With respect, that is not good enough—

Order. I advise Members not to conduct conversations bilaterally.

In the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester, the number of rough sleepers is ...

One of the specific questions I asked was whether the Minister would improve the data collection ...

People have asked these questions. Some councils choose to do an estimate, and some choose to do ...

Will the Minister give way?

If I could just finish my sentence—it might help the hon. Lady.

We expect all local areas t...

They are exactly the kinds of vulnerable people who the Depaul Nightstop service is helping in ha...

Absolutely. My apologies—when I mentioned the fantastic reduction of rough sleepers in his area f...

At the moment, survivors of domestic abuse are subject to a vulnerability test. Could the Ministe...

We will keep all such matters under review.

I hope that my remarks have demonstrated the Go...

I thank both Chairs and everyone who contributed to the debate.

I asked several questions i...

My hon. Friend, who opened the debate brilliantly, is summing it up brilliantly. I am afraid that...

Absolutely. There were some warm words, but they will be cold comfort to those who are living in ...