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Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Warinder Juss (Lab - Wolverhampton West) Last Saturday, I was with the Wolverhampton, Bilston and District Trades Union Council handing out information - Speech Link
2: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) This follows a series of delays by the NHS and the local council and, unbelievably, a last-minute plea - Speech Link
3: Chris Murray (Lab - Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) time about how we can tackle fly-tipping in Craigmillar and get the Scottish Government to fund our council - Speech Link
4: Danny Beales (Lab - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) that the post office will close at the end of May, with no replacement in sight, and that when the council - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Social Rented Housing Sector - Thu 12 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Sussex Weald) Committee statement on behalf of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee. - Speech Link
2: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green) Awaab’s law is now being rolled out across social housing. - Speech Link
3: Chris Hinchliff (Lab - North East Hertfordshire) As the chair of the recently formed all-party parliamentary group for council and social housing, I welcome - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) , the major social housing provider in Northern Ireland, and with the housing associations. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Rural Mobile Connectivity - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Leigh Ingham (Lab - Stafford) Working closely with the determined residents—I pay tribute to them and the parish council that has campaigned - Speech Link
2: Mims Davies (Con - East Grinstead and Uckfield) I am afraid that connectivity, particularly where new housing has been built, has been dire. - Speech Link
3: Peter Fortune (Con - Bromley and Biggin Hill) Based on commercial mapping of 113 local council areas across the UK, EE offers acceptable coverage in - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Healthy Relationships - Thu 12 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Maya Ellis (Lab - Ribble Valley) Housing affordability and security influence relationship formation and stability. - Speech Link
2: Natalie Fleet (Lab - Bolsover) wife was not a councillor, to his wife not only becoming a councillor but leading Bolsover district council—a - Speech Link
3: Leigh Ingham (Lab - Stafford) During the years in which Staffordshire had a Conservative-led county council, which coincided with the - Speech Link
4: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) I am proud that our local authority, Richmond council, is White Ribbon-accredited and does lots of work - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Flour Milling Sector - Thu 12 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Rooker (Lab - Life peer) The Medical Research Council report of 1991 found that a lack of folic acid was the prime cause of neural - Speech Link
2: Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Con - Life peer) These farmers face competition from alternative uses of their land: solar farms, housing and biodiversity - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Better Prisons: Less Crime (Justice and Home Affairs Committee Report) - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Baroness Neate (XB - Life peer) Charities working in communities know how housing, domestic abuse, child protection and criminal justice - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green (XB - Life peer) As chief exec of Shelter, she has made the case that housing is not a side issue but the foundation of - Speech Link
3: Lord Tope (LD - Life peer) Both were built in the last 30 years when, as it happens, I was leader of the council. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) There may be savings in the administration of council tax as larger council tax areas come into view, - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Casework support varies from council to council, but it is perfectly possible to provide support for - Speech Link
3: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) I recall that Norwich has been described as a “parish council”—a city as a parish council—but there are - Speech Link
4: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) They are at arm’s length from the council—they may be owned by the council but they are not of the council—and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Local Government Finance - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Steve Reed (LAB - Streatham and Croydon North) I agree with the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee that council tax cannot - Speech Link
2: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) On other regeneration schemes in Wealdstone, plans for affordable housing have been axed, no new council - Speech Link
3: Terry Jermy (Lab - South West Norfolk) Housing challenges in rural areas are expensive, and we as a council often have to transport people from - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Woodland Creation - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) , Ards and North Down council. - Speech Link
2: Josh Newbury (Lab - Cannock Chase) However, on the flip side, I have heard concerns about newly planted trees on housing and commercial - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Storm Chandra Flooding - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) Somerset council acted swiftly, and declared a major incident as 50 homes across the county fell victim - Speech Link
2: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) being elected to this House, I was the lead member for climate change and environment on Somerset council - Speech Link
3: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) That is why farmers who store water on their land to protect housing or other critical infrastructure—they - Speech Link
4: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) It will work closely with the internal drainage boards and the council as part of the wider recovery - Speech Link