Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 07 Jun 2018
Tenant Fees Bill (Third sitting)
"May I ask the Minister about a situation in which a tenant wants to change supplier? If the contract is in the landlord’s name, how would the tenant be able to enforce a change of gas or electricity provider?..."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 07 Jun 2018
Tenant Fees Bill (Third sitting)
"The Minister just said that he is very confident that what my hon. Friend suggested will not be the case. On what evidence is his confidence based? I do not share it...."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 07 Jun 2018
Tenant Fees Bill (Third sitting)
"I represent a typical university constituency. It is in Wales and is not affected by this Bill, but by way of example, I mentioned on Second Reading a street in one of the wards in my constituency. I added up every single person living in student accommodation in that street …..."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 07 Jun 2018
Tenant Fees Bill (Third sitting)
"We know from previous Acts and codes of practice that guidance codes of practice have little weight in dealing with the rogue organisations that we are concerned with. If the Government are serious about their intentions—and I believe they are—they should simply put what they want in the Bill. If …..."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 May 2018
Tenant Fees Bill
"There are a lot of references in the Bill to upper limits and caps. Does the Secretary of State recognise that the temptation, and I suspect the practice, will be that agents and landlords will put deposits at the top end of the cap? They will not put them further …..."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 May 2018
Tenant Fees Bill
"The Bill is obviously necessary because of the bad behaviour of some landlords and letting agents. Without the measures that my hon. Friend set out, bad behaviour by rogue landlords and letting agents will not be prevented. They will carry on doing it because there is no sanction and no …..."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 May 2018
Tenant Fees Bill
"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman). Some Members may be wondering why I, a Welsh Member, am speaking in this debate, because housing is devolved to the National Assembly for Wales, and the Welsh Government will be bringing their own Bill before …..."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 21st March 2018
Asked by:
Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff East)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to permit the Welsh Assembly Government to bid for funds under the Shared Prosperity Fund programme.
Answered by Jake Berry
The Government continues to work on the design and priorities of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). We will want to discuss with the devolved administrations how the Fund might work in their nations, recognising their expertise in delivering the structural funds.
The Government will consult publically on the design and priorities of the UKSPF later this year, as announced in the Industrial Strategy white paper, to make sure it meets the needs of all parts of the UK.
Written Question
Wednesday 21st March 2018
Asked by:
Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff East)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had any discussions with the (a) Welsh Government and (b) Welsh Local Government Association on the operation of the Shared Prosperity Fund.
Answered by Jake Berry
The Government continues to work on the design and priorities of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). We will want to discuss with the devolved administrations how the Fund might work in their nations, recognising their expertise in delivering the structural funds.
The Government will consult publically on the design and priorities of the UKSPF later this year, as announced in the Industrial Strategy white paper, to make sure it meets the needs of all parts of the UK.
Written Question
Thursday 8th March 2018
Asked by:
Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff East)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the provision of additional funds to local authorities to improve the fire safety of their housing stock in the 2018-19 financial year.
Answered by Dominic Raab
The Government has been clear that local authorities, as the responsible body, will need to fund the costs of fire safety work in their own buildings. However, Government will consider financial flexibilities for local authorities to enable essential works to go ahead. This would not include general improvements or enhancements to buildings which go beyond works needed to make a building safe.
If a local authority building owner considers any of their buildings to be unsafe, they will need to determine what measures are essential to make each building fire safe. This will need to be done as part of a whole fire safety strategy for each individual building, taking into account expert advice, any directions or advice from local fire and rescue service, and other fire safety measures present.