Written Question
Friday 2nd December 2022
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his planned timetable is for the publication of data on spending on the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
Relevant published guidance on international development aid spending are being followed. Details of spending will be set out in due course.
Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Social Housing and Regulation Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)
"I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. The new clause proposes a small but significant amendment to housing law to give additional security to social housing tenants who suffer the consequences of a threat …..."Helen Hayes - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Social Housing and Regulation Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)
"I thank the hon. Member for that intervention. The new clause would impose a duty of co-operation on registered social landlords, which is designed to deal exactly with such a circumstance, where accommodation cannot be found that is safe for the tenant within the area in which the current landlord …..."Helen Hayes - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Social Housing and Regulation Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)
"I thank my hon. Friend the shadow Minister for his support for the new clause. I am grateful to the Minister for her engagement and discussions prior to Committee stage, and for her comments just now. I would be more than happy to work with the Minister to resolve any …..."Helen Hayes - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 17th November 2022
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the cost of the £350 a month Homes for Ukraine payments to hosts is being charged to the Official Development Assistance budget; and what the estimated cost of Homes for Ukraine payments will be in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
Relevant published guidance on international development aid spending are being followed. Details of spending will be set out in due course.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Management of the Economy and Ministerial Severance Payments
"In my seven and a half years in this place, I have never known a time like this. Our country was already straining and buckling under the weight of 12 long years of austerity, the impact of the covid-19 pandemic, the economic consequences of Brexit and the war in Ukraine. …..."Helen Hayes - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Management of the Economy and Ministerial Severance Payments
"It was already so hard for young people in our country to afford to get on to the housing ladder, and it is devastating for so many of them that that challenge has been made even worse.
This Government seek to pretend that the extraordinary and unprecedented situation we face—a …..."Helen Hayes - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Nov 2022
Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]
"The need for secure, genuinely affordable social housing is one of the biggest issues facing my constituents. It forces too many of them into the instability of temporary accommodation, it blights the health of constituents forced to live in damp, overcrowded accommodation and it holds back children and young people …..."Helen Hayes - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 21st September 2022
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will ensure that the existing right to manage guidance for Tenant Management Organisation is reviewed in the context of the provisions of the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill.
Answered by Lee Rowley
We do not believe that the Social Housing Regulation Bill will have a significant impact on either existing right to manage guidance or contracts between Tenant Management Organisations and local authorities. Separately, we will work with and expert steering group to review the guidance on the responsibilities of Tenant Management Organisations and local authorities.
Written Question
Wednesday 21st September 2022
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Social Housing Regulation Bill on (a) existing right to manage guidance and (b) contracts between Tenant Management Organisations and local authorities.
Answered by Lee Rowley
We do not believe that the Social Housing Regulation Bill will have a significant impact on either existing right to manage guidance or contracts between Tenant Management Organisations and local authorities. Separately, we will work with and expert steering group to review the guidance on the responsibilities of Tenant Management Organisations and local authorities.