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Spending Round 2019 — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Mixed Topics
John Martin McDonnell (Labour, Centre-left): I welcome the Chancellor to his new job, although, after that, I am beginning to miss the old one. I believe the Chancellor may be the first person to hold that role whose father—like my own—was a bus driver. I would like to welcome him to his new job. I also hope that what they say is true: you wait ages for one son of a bus driver to become Chancellor of the Exchequer, only for them to be followed soon after by another I am afraid that that is probably the end of what the Chancellor and I have in common. I thank him for abiding by the convention of providing me with a copy of his statement. It was a compendium of meaningless platitudes. I ask him to take a message back to the person who obviously drafted the statement. Could he tell Mr Cummings, the man who cancels the Chancellor’s own speeches, sacks his staff without telling him and then has them—
Spending Round 2019 — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Other
John Martin McDonnell (Labour, Centre-left): Mr Speaker, I believe that the right hon. Member for Uxbridge is shouting at me. The last time he was shouting at someone, they had to call the police. I do not think we need to go as far as that. Mr Cummings, who had the member of staff escorted—[Interruption.]. You might need to call the police.
Spending Round 2019 — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Mixed Topics
Christopher John Bryant (Labour, Centre-left): Instead of wasting £4 billion on no deal, can the Chancellor just spend some money in the Rhondda, please? Just 2% of that figure would pay for finishing off the Rhondda Fach relief road, rebuilding Llyn-y-Forwyn school, buying new trains, which might actually be clean and run on time, for the Treherbert line, providing a new home for the Rhondda sea cadets, and paying for a new PET-CT scanner for south Wales.
Spending Round 2019 — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Mixed Topics
Louise Joyce Ellman (Labour, Centre-left): The people of Liverpool have suffered a horrific 64% cut in funding for local services. I was pleased to hear the Chancellor say this afternoon that no Department will be cut next year, but is there an absolute guarantee that Liverpool City Council will not have any real-terms reductions in its funding for local services next year? And when will he make the money available to complete the new Royal Liverpool Hospital?
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Other
Hilary James Benn (Labour, Centre-left): I completely agree with my hon. Friend. That is one of the many unanswered questions about what happens the other side of Halloween. I shall come back to that point a little later in my speech.
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Mixed Topics
Hilary James Benn (Labour, Centre-left): If someone says, "You can jump off a cliff, with all the damaging consequences, in a couple of weeks’ time, or we could put it off for three months—which would you like?", the sensible course of action to take, given the damage that it would do to the country, is to put it off. I accept that ultimately we need to find a way forward. I have my own views, as have other Members, about how that should be done, but that is not the purpose of the Bill. It would, though, provide for a framework within which the Government could decide what they are going to do.
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Other
Hilary James Benn (Labour, Centre-left): The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Throughout a lot of these debates we have not discussed anything like enough what will happen the other side of 31 October, if the Prime Minister is able to get his way. I shall come to that point in a moment.
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Mixed Topics
Philip Wilson (Labour, Centre-left): I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. This morning, I received a letter from North East England Chamber of Commerce, in which it says: "Over the past three years we have been clear and consistent: preserving the trading conditions and relationship we currently enjoy with the EU ought to be the primary objective of any Brexit outcome. Sadly, the Government’s willingness to embrace No Deal as an acceptable end to the Brexit negotiations flies in the face of this." It goes on to say that it is a disastrous outcome for the north-east of England. Do these comments not go to prove that his Bill is an absolute necessity?
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Mixed Topics
Hilary James Benn (Labour, Centre-left): I have read those reports and they are of concern to me, as I know they are to the right hon. Gentleman and many others in the House The aim of the clause is not, as I think the Leader of the House suggested yesterday, to create a "marionette Government" but, I would argue, to give the Government the time they need to do their job. I say that because it is not clear what is happening at the moment, as we discussed yesterday, and how much negotiation is taking place when no proposals have been made. It is very hard to understand that, because I would have thought that the Government had been working flat out since July. It is also important to make the point that even if agreement was reached, it is very hard to see how it would be possible to get the House’s approval and pass all the legislation between 18 October or so and 31 October. My final point is this. What would happen if we left with no deal? The Prime Minister talks about getting it done and ending the uncertainty, but the truth is—the hon. Member for Winchester (Steve Brine) made this point powerfully—that no deal would not end anything. It would simply plunge us into greater uncertainty—uncertainty about the degree and length of disruption, uncertainty about the border arrangements in Northern Ireland, and uncertainty about our future trading relationship with our biggest, nearest and most important trading partners, the other members of the European Union Given that it has taken three years to get this far—in other words, not very far at all—and given that it took Canada seven years to negotiate a deal and the Prime Minister says he wants a super-Canada deal, it is going to take years to agree a new relationship. Every single EU member state, member state parliament and regional parliament will have to agree to any deal. No deal will not be the end of Brexit; it will only be the end of the beginning. In that time, faced with that degree of uncertainty, businesses will have countless decisions to make about where to invest, what to make and where, what to do about the sudden disappearance of all the arrangements that they have come to know and work within, and what to do about the sudden imposition of tariffs. It would be utterly irresponsible to allow that to happen. We have a duty to prevent it, and I hope the House will vote for this Bill tonight.
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Mixed Topics
Christopher Paul Farrelly (Labour, Centre-left): On that point, we have heard noises to that effect from certain members of the Government and Government sources. Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that, if this Bill is passed, it is very important that the Prime Minister adheres to its terms, because it is a fundamental duty of Government to uphold the rule of law?
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Other
Angela Eagle (Labour, Centre-left): Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the characterisation by Conservative central office, which is appearing on Twitter and on its other social media even now, as we debate this extremely important Bill—hashtagging this Bill the #SurrenderBill—is beneath contempt?
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Mixed Topics
Keir Starmer (Labour, Centre-left): It is beneath contempt, and I can only imagine how businesses—the people who work in businesses and the management of businesses—will look on in horror, because they have repeatedly told me and many other Members of this House their deep concerns about no deal, and we are protecting this country against no deal.
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): The amendments have not yet been selected for voting. They were allowed to be tabled until 5 o’clock, so there had to be time for that. If you were to go now, they should be listed, but the amendments to be voted on have not been chosen yet. During the next two hours, I am sure that a man as competent as yourself will keep up with what changes may come.
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Other
Ian Colin Lucas (Labour, Centre-left): My hon. Friend and his colleagues have put forward a very interesting amendment indeed. Could he clarify what discussions he has had with the Opposition Front Benchers about the amendments and what response he has had from them?
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Other
Stephen Nathan Kinnock (Labour, Centre-left): I understand that our position at the present time would be to abstain, but I am not 100% sure of that. I really hope that, having listened to the debate, colleagues throughout the House will consider supporting the amendment, because I think that given the amount of support that we are receiving from Members on both sides of the House, we have a real chance of getting this across the line.
Early Parliamentary General Election — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Immigration
Tulip Rizwana Siddiq (Labour, Centre-left): I, too, will not vote for a general election tonight. I do not want no deal, because it will harm not only my constituents but the 22,000 EU nationals who are living in my constituency. The Home Secretary has said that freedom of movement will end at midnight on 31 October.
Early Parliamentary General Election — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Immigration
Jessica Rose Phillips (Labour, Centre-left): I could not agree more. There are thousands of EU migrants in my constituency, and lots of them have absolutely no idea what their situation will be. I have to represent those people as much as I represent the people who would be allowed to vote in a general election or a referendum.
Early Parliamentary General Election — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Other
Jessica Rose Phillips (Labour, Centre-left): Let us make no bones about the suggestion that I am not able to be completely critical when I think that things are wrong, both in my party and in the governing party. It is just a shame that quite a lot of the people sitting in front of me know that what has happened over the last two days is wrong, but are too cowardly to say in the House, in public, what they are all saying in the Tea Room. They know what has happened here. It is as if we were kicking out my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harman). That is what it feels like. I say to those people: the way your party has behaved is an abomination. You have all crowed and given sympathy to me about the problems that we have in the Labour party, but you have just sat by silently while your colleagues have been marched out.
Early Parliamentary General Election — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Other
Yasmin Qureshi (Labour, Centre-left): I agree with my hon. Friend about the way in which the Conservative party has treated loyal Members of Parliament. Whatever else night be said, I think it is unheard of in parliamentary history for the whip to be suspended from an MP who has voted against his party. That is a bully-boy tactic.
Early Parliamentary General Election — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Mixed Topics
Jessica Rose Phillips (Labour, Centre-left): I entirely agree I am going to speak for Brenda in Bristol, although there are plenty of Brendas in Birmingham. I do not think that we should have a general election, and I will not vote for one. I also think that we should not have a conference recess and we should not prorogue Parliament. We are currently involved in a national crisis. This is not a game. This is not some toy that we can play with.
Early Parliamentary General Election — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Mixed Topics
Thelma Doris Walker (Labour, Centre-left): When I was elected as Member of Parliament for Colne Valley, one of the things I had to get used to was being addressed as "honourable Lady" and addressing male colleagues as "honourable Gentleman"; it seemed strange and arcane. Yet recently, I have been considering what it means to be honourable, and I have realised that it is indeed appropriate to consider what makes a person truly honourable. It is a pity the Prime Minister is not in his place. Would he be able to confirm that the people of this country consider the Government’s recent behaviour to be honourable? It is clear that many people outside Westminster think not Furthermore, I have been reflecting on my years as a teacher and headteacher, and considering how hard I worked, as do all teaching professionals, to instil the right values and ethos throughout a school—things such as respect, honesty and integrity.
Early Parliamentary General Election — House of Commons, 2019-09-04
Topic: Other
Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour, Centre-left): What the Prime Minister has put to us is clearly a poisoned chalice. He is like the schoolroom clown, who thinks that he can offer us something while dancing around and blabbering from the Dispatch Box. But we know who he is. He is a man who has been twice sacked for lying. He clearly is a person we cannot trust, and we therefore—[Interruption.]
Leasehold Properties: Mis-selling — House of Commons, 2019-07-22
Topic: Housing
Lucy Maria Powell (Labour, Centre-left): When will the Secretary of State introduce regulation to give leaseholders redress? The leasehold valuation tribunal is toothless and, frankly, worthless. Whether it comes to erroneous charges, mis-selling, dangerous cladding or expensive charges, leaseholders have nowhere to go. There needs to be urgent regulation.
Leasehold Properties: Mis-selling — House of Commons, 2019-07-22
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Helen Catherine Goodman (Labour, Centre-left): Hundreds of my constituents have written to me similarly feeling that they have been mis-sold their freehold, so I have written to the Competition and Markets Authority asking it to extend its inquiry to cover freehold, where people have to pay excessive and ever-escalating management and service fees. Will the Secretary of State support me in this?
Leasehold Properties: Mis-selling — House of Commons, 2019-07-22
Topic: Housing
John Healey (Labour, Centre-left): Indeed The CMA’s inquiry is certainly welcome, but it is action by Ministers that homebuyers ripped off in the leasehold system need most. The Secretary of State’s predecessor said in 2017 that the Government would stop new leasehold houses, but nearly 3,500 were sold last year. The Secretary of State himself said a year ago that he would end the use of Help to Buy for new leasehold houses, but he had to admit to me afterwards that that will not happen until 2021 As the Secretary of State reflects on his time in this job, will he concede that any Government action has been too slow and too weak and has totally overlooked the needs of current leaseholders locked into unfair contracts?
Leasehold Properties: Mis-selling — House of Commons, 2019-07-22
Topic: Housing
John Healey (Labour, Centre-left): Well, lots of warm words and fresh reviews, but no action. There have been 19 Government announcements on leaseholds in the 15 months that the right hon. Gentleman has been Secretary of State, but there is still no sign of change for current leaseholders, or of the legislation to make it happen. Is not the hard truth that Conservatives cannot help leaseholders because they will not stand up to the vested interests in the property market? Do not homeowners who are looking for justice and radical, common-sense changes have to look to Labour to set a simple formula for people to buy their own freehold; to crack down on unfair fees and give homeowners the right to challenge high costs or poor performance from management companies; and to put an end, finally, to the broken leasehold system?
Local Authorities’ Statutory Care Duties — House of Commons, 2019-07-22
Topic: Housing
Questions: What assessment he has made of the ability of each local authority to fulfil its statutory care duties by the end of the 2019-20 financial year; and if he will make a statement.
Margaret Olivia Hillier (Labour, Centre-left): If I had not been sitting down, I would have fallen over when the Secretary of State talked about the injection of extra cash for local authorities. This is, of course, on top of about 40% cuts in just under a decade. Local authorities are very squeezed in delivering their statutory care responsibilities and others. Will the Minister look seriously at all the work that is being done on homelessness and community building and assess the impact of these cuts in delivering wider Government policies on prevention and ensuring that people have decent homes to live in?
Local Authorities: Adopted Local Plans — House of Commons, 2019-07-22
Topic: Housing
Gareth Craig Snell (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister’s Department is only taking action against 15 local authorities where no local plan is actively in place. The Department also has an ambitious target of 300,000 homes a year—about 80,000 a year short. What action will he take to ensure that local authorities like Stoke-on-Trent that are failing to get a local plan in place do so quickly, so that they can develop and address this country’s housing need?
Local Authorities: Adopted Local Plans — House of Commons, 2019-07-22
Topic: Housing
Rachael Helen Maskell (Labour, Centre-left): York has not had a local plan in place since 1954, despite being one of the worst cities for investment in economic and housing opportunities for my constituents and the council’s aspiration to build 20% affordable housing but developing just 4%. What steps will the Minister take to ensure that the plan developed for York will address not only the jobs needs but the housing needs in our city?
Home Ownership — House of Commons, 2019-07-22
Topic: Housing
Colleen Margaret Fletcher (Labour, Centre-left): With house prices in the region almost seven times the average annual salary, people in Coventry and the wider west midlands are struggling to get a foot on the housing ladder. What steps are the Government taking to ensure that more genuinely affordable homes are being built in the region so that home ownership is not out of reach for all but the best-paid and those with significant capital?
Homelessness — House of Commons, 2019-07-22
Topic: Housing
Eleanor Claire Reeves (Labour, Centre-left): Earlier this month, a young homeless women in Forest Hill, Stefania Bada, died after contracting an infection. Since 2010, the number of rough sleepers in this country has more than doubled. There has been a steep drop in investment for new affordable homes, billions of pounds cut from housing benefit and significant cuts to services for homeless people. What immediate action will the Government take to prevent any further loss of life?
Fracking: Planning Policies — House of Commons, 2019-07-22
Topic: Housing
Clive James Charles Betts (Labour, Centre-left): I remind the Minister that the consultation he refers to closed last October. Twelve months ago, the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee did a report opposing permitted development rights and opposing transferring part of the fracking regime to the national infrastructure regime. Given the amount of opposition on his own side, as well as on this side of the House, and in local communities, is the Minister now considering withdrawing those proposals and instead giving greater powers to communities to decide whether they want fracking in their areas?
Local Government Funding: Removal of Deprivation Measures — House of Commons, 2019-07-22
Topic: Housing
Questions: What assessment he has made of the potential effect on levels of local authority service delivery of the removal of deprivation measures from the local government funding formula.
Graham Peter Jones (Labour, Centre-left): When will the Government review the empty homes premium, a hypothecated tax that is unfairly distributed between deprived precepting boroughs and shires? Hyndburn is about the 24th most deprived area in the country and collects about £600,000, the majority of which is given to wider Lancashire to spend, not the deprived area. This is totally unfair. Does the Minister recognise it as unfair and will he do anything about it?
Developers — House of Commons, 2019-07-22
Topic: Public Lands
Questions: What steps local authorities are able to take to hold to account developers that do not engage with local communities on (a) section 106 agreements and (b) other local planning matters after planning consent has been given.
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): The Secretary of State will know that over my time there have been serious problems with the non-delivery of section 106 agreements, so could we not look at them? When building houses, land tends to be cleared and trees cut down. Under a new kind of section 106 agreement, we could make developers put money into building new forests, such as the Great Northern forest and the White Rose forest.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-07-22
Topic: Housing
Sarah Ann Jones (Labour, Centre-left): On 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. This could affect up to 1,700 additional blocks. The Secretary of State has known since last October that this cladding failed a fire test. No building should be covered with lethal materials and there are lives at stake, so I ask the Secretary of State: how many buildings are covered in this lethal cladding? What is the deadline for the removal of that cladding? Will the Government fund its removal?