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Lords Chamber
Temporary Accommodation Costs - Wed 31 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) But sometimes, in emergency situations, it is important for the short term that those families have a - Speech Link
2: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) The Government will support institutional investment in the private sector as well as in the social rented - Speech Link
3: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) switching or changing of use of ordinary private rented accommodation into Airbnb holiday accommodation and short-term - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Hospitality Sector: Fiscal Support - Wed 31 Jan 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) I add my voice to those that say that business rates, temporary cuts and short-term reductions are all - Speech Link
2: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) The answer to that is a separate category of planning use for short-term lets and a separate category - Speech Link
3: Hannah Bardell (SNP - Livingston) So please keep the intervention short. - Speech Link
4: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) holiday lets and residential properties. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 19 Dec 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) The Government provide a different income tax regime for short-term lets compared with long-term lets - Speech Link
2: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) That is why we are introducing a registration scheme for short-term lets in England, which will be a - Speech Link
3: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) Will he put pressure on ministerial colleagues to change planning law to make short-term lets a separate - Speech Link


Written Statements
Long-term Plan for Housing: Next Stage - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) That is not good policy, it lets communities down, and we have warned of the consequences. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Mon 11 Dec 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) Maxwell Fyfe, to her party, to her country and to your Lordships’ House.Sadly, I cannot continue my short - Speech Link
2: Baroness Falkner of Margravine (XB - Life peer) Above all, it lets down the people in countries where the most egregious violations take place. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) Yet we often fall short in defending even the basics. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) contribute to a violation of human rights or international humanitarian law prior to any justice or security sector - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Elderly and Vulnerable People: Loneliness and Isolation - Wed 06 Dec 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) The Government have promised to do something about short-term lets. - Speech Link
2: Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Batley and Spen) , but every sector has a role to play. - Speech Link
3: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) This must be a cross-sector effort. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Report stage - Mon 04 Dec 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Toby Perkins (Lab - Chesterfield) It lets victims down, because, as I said earlier, there is so much in the Bill that people who understand - Speech Link
2: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) the Council for her assistance; and my Parliamentary Private Secretary until he was made a Whip a few short - Speech Link
3: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham, Ladywood) It is a pleasure to speak in this somewhat short Third Reading debate on this Bill. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Housing in Tourist Destinations - Tue 28 Nov 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) He has been very vocal about short-term lets. - Speech Link
2: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) increased prevalence of short-term lets. - Speech Link
3: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) lets, which have turned into short-term lets. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
2nd reading - Tue 28 Nov 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) A new scheme will see the Government work with the financial sector to use the money in accounts suspended - Speech Link
2: Richard Graham (Con - Gloucester) I was moved, around the period of remembrance, that Gloucestershire Constabulary arranged for a short - Speech Link
3: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) As you know, Mr Deputy Speaker, there is no such thing as a political speech that is too short. - Speech Link
4: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) Gentleman says, but there is a danger that that lets the Home Office off the hook. - Speech Link
5: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) To cope, it has pursued short-term expediency over effective long-term planning. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Renters (Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage:s: 7th sitting - Thu 23 Nov 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None can begin court proceedings under the ground, thereby allowing the affected tenant only an extremely short - Speech Link
2: Karen Buck (Lab - Westminster North) in flats, which can create noise; behaviour arising from the often illegal use of accommodation for short - Speech Link
3: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) Gentleman’s question, he mentioned whether a victim of domestic abuse would fall short of these grounds - Speech Link
4: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) The private rented sector has none of that. - Speech Link