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Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 19 Jun 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) relating to the Department for Education; the Department of Health and Social Care; and the Ministry of Housing - Speech Link
2: Carolyn Harris (Lab - Neath and Swansea East) In July 2021, the beauty and wellbeing all-party parliamentary group, which I chair, presented a report - Speech Link
3: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) Will the Leader of the House provide time to debate why this group continues to be neglected and, in - Speech Link
4: Uma Kumaran (Lab - Stratford and Bow) Both Tower Hamlets and Newham are sanctuary boroughs, and Newham is home to London’s largest Ukrainian - Speech Link
5: Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) It is a sanctuary for people facing a diagnosis but also for their families, which is important. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Twelfth sitting) - Tue 18 Mar 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Matt Vickers (Con - Stockton West) Each new family member, however loosely defined, brings costs—in housing, where shortages already top - Speech Link
2: Matt Vickers (Con - Stockton West) It was foolish to admit lots of newcomers without liberalising housing markets. - Speech Link
3: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) She ends up having to look after him in local authority housing. - Speech Link
4: None When we debated the last group of new clauses, we decided that we do not want to do that. - Speech Link
5: Matt Vickers (Con - Stockton West) Currently, centres housing thousands of small boat arrivals are not detention hubs. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Rivers, Lakes and Seas: Water Quality - Wed 15 Jan 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: David Chadwick (LD - Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe) We know there is a housing crisis, caused by a shortage of affordable homes. - Speech Link
2: Julia Buckley (Lab - Shrewsbury) Up Sewage Creek—a brilliant group with a brilliant name. - Speech Link
3: Dave Robertson (Lab - Lichfield) I really commend the sanctuary for its work, but unfortunately it was unable to save the cygnets and - Speech Link
4: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) I like the sound of Up Sewage Creek—that is a catchy name for a local campaign group. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Immigration - Wed 21 May 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) Some 48% of social housing in London has a head of household who was not born in the UK. - Speech Link
2: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) We have struck new agreements with Germany, Iraq, Italy, the Calais Group and the G7. - Speech Link
3: Nick Timothy (Con - West Suffolk) I remember when Dominic Raab was the Housing Minister and he made that point. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Integration and Community Cohesion - Thu 13 Mar 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Verma (Con - Life peer) In fact, I was then the young person on the advisory group. - Speech Link
2: Lord Dholakia (LD - Life peer) We should question what happens when an individual or group identity impinges on other people’s lives - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Lichfield (Bshp - Bishops) I am glad that the Government have launched the Communities and Recovery Steering Group to oversee a - Speech Link
4: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con - Life peer) We had a fairly powerful group, including two previous Labour Secretaries of State for Education—the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 05 Jun 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Robin Swann (UUP - South Antrim) However, on Tuesday night in Fermanagh and Omagh district council, the Sinn Féin group moved a motion - Speech Link
2: Emma Foody (LAB - Cramlington and Killingworth) Since being elected last year, my postbag has been inundated with correspondence from social housing - Speech Link
3: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) She is right that social housing landlords do have legal duties to carry out high-standard repairs and - Speech Link
4: Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) Blackpool has long been a sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ community and a place where queer joy has always found - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Lesbian Visibility Week - Thu 24 Apr 2025
Wales Office

Mentions:
1: Nadia Whittome (Lab - Nottingham East) polling shows that cis lesbians and bisexual women are more supportive of trans people than any other group - Speech Link
2: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) Within that group, lesbians face specific and significant mental health challenges, ranging from increased - Speech Link
3: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) That is why lesbian spaces matter.Lesbian bars, clubs and social venues have long provided a sanctuary—a - Speech Link
4: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) That is why we will establish a dedicated inter-ministerial group, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 15 May 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Chris Bloore (Lab - Redditch) In the Gallery today are a group representing Astwood Bank’s Royal British Legion, which has been responsible - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) long-term conditions.Today is the last day for people to respond to the consultation by the Ministry of Housing - Speech Link
3: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Gentleman for his Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023—an important Act that he pushed through - Speech Link
4: Shockat Adam (Ind - Leicester South) It is more than a school; it is a sanctuary for more than 150 extraordinary children, many of whom unfortunately - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
2nd reading - Mon 10 Feb 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) so must we.Since the election, we have signed new agreements with Germany, Iraq, Italy, the Calais group - Speech Link
2: Bradley Thomas (Con - Bromsgrove) It has instead placed undue pressure on public services, and housing in particular. - Speech Link
3: Chris Murray (Lab - Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) Countries such as France, Germany and the rest of the Calais group will be central to helping Britain - Speech Link
4: Steve Yemm (Lab - Mansfield) Our country has a proud history and record of offering sanctuary to and helping those in need. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Thu 19 Jun 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, I have Amendments 183D, 186A and 187A in this group. - Speech Link
2: None I turn to the other amendments in this group. - Speech Link
3: None This is such an important group of amendments. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bird (XB - Life peer) until we revolutionise social housing and go back to the kind of social housing that I had when we moved - Speech Link