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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps his Department is taking to ensure that dangerous cladding is removed from residential buildings of all heights. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"There should indeed be no excuse for delay, but a constituent of mine tells me that she and her partner are stuck between a rock and a hard place because they cannot sell their flat. Up to half a million people are now in the same position. The Minister will …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Feb 2020
Leaseholders and Cladding

"As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on students, I wrote to the Secretary of State about HPL cladding after the Bolton fire. After two months, I had received no response. I raised it with him on the Floor of the House and he promised me an early response on …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Feb 2020
Leaseholders and Cladding

"Can the Minister say when that work will be completed?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jan 2020
Building Safety

"I wrote to the Secretary of State over two months ago highlighting the case of a student housing block that had been evacuated, with all tenants relocated, as a result of multiple fire regulation failures. This was a building that had been signed off by a Government-approved private building inspection …..."
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Written Question
Buildings: Insulation
Thursday 9th January 2020

Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central)

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 made an assessment of the potential effectiveness of extending the December 2019 deadline for applications to the private sector ACM cladding remediation fund; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Esther McVey

Our priority is to enable residents to be safe and feel safe in their homes. We upheld the 31 December application deadline for the private sector Aluminium Composite Material cladding remediation fund in order to maintain pressure on the pace of remediation. Unless there are exceptional circumstances to justify a delay in making an application, those responsible for buildings should expect further action to be taken – including naming and shaming and enforcement.

Written Question
Welfare Assistance Schemes
Tuesday 8th October 2019

Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is responsible for allocating funding for local welfare assistance schemes.

Answered by Luke Hall

Responsibility for funding for local welfare provision was passed over from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) from April 2013. The MHCLG would lead on any changes in allocation with input from the DWP.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"T10. Funding for local welfare assistance, which replaced crisis loans, is threadbare. In Sheffield, the council has managed to retain the fund, but it has more than halved since 2014, which has left people in a desperate position and exposed to loan sharks. The Minister will know that simply identifying …..."
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Written Question
Social Services: Finance
Monday 22nd July 2019

Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding allocated to local authorities for adult social services.

Answered by Rishi Sunak

This Government has recognised the pressures faced by adult social services and has provided councils with access to an additional £10 billion of dedicated funding for adult social care in the three years to 2019-20.

Future levels of funding will be settled in the Spending Review, where the overall approach to funding local government will be considered.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Jun 2019
EU Structural Funds: Least Developed Regions

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered replacement of EU structural funds for least developed regions.

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms McDonagh. I am grateful that this issue has been selected for debate. I thank colleagues across parties and regions for supporting …..."
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