Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Apr 2022
Future of Small Cities Following Covid-19
"Thank you, Ms Nokes. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak very briefly about the future of small cities. The key thing is that historically small cities have lost out from consolidation and regionalisation by both Government and the private sector.
Big cities have the advantages of size, but …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Apr 2022
Future of Small Cities Following Covid-19
"May I draw the Minister’s attention to one aspect of Gloucester’s success with the levelling-up fund, which is the first ever conversion in this country of a department store into a university teaching campus? It will open in September 2023 and I hope he will have the chance to visit …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Jan 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"12. What discussions he has had with the Church of England on the potential role of its real estate in helping to meet housing demand. ..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Jan 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Secretary of State will know that the Diocese of Gloucester has been doing a lot to help implement the important report from the Archbishops, “Coming Home”. I particularly want to thank Bishop Rachel and all involved for their work in funding the national housing executive and delivering projects such …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 May 2021
Post Office Update
"As a former chair of the all-party group on post offices, I welcome the Minister’s announcement that this inquiry into the absolute disaster of the Post Office-Horizon IT issue will be put on a statutory footing. This issue has already damaged the lives of many people and shaken confidence not …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Jun 2020
Horizon: Sub-Postmaster Convictions
"In 2015, Post Office Ltd closed its own review of Horizon IT by saying that there were “no system-wide problems with our computer systems”. Nothing could have been further from the truth. We have all been let down, and many sub-postmasters have been badly treated. I urge the Minister to …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Jan 2020
Homelessness
"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts), with whom I worked on supported housing issues. He took a less political line than the opening speech by the shadow Secretary of State, which I personally felt rather overlooked the fact that homelessness and …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 4th April 2019
Asked by:
Richard Graham (Conservative - Gloucester)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support (a) the building of social housing and (b) other elements of estate regeneration.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022, to deliver 250,000 new affordable homes of a wide range of tenures, including social rent.
The Government has also given certainty over future rental income by allowing housing association and local authority landlords to increase rents by up to CPI+1 per cent from 2020. On 29 October 2018 the Autumn Budget confirmed that the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap had been abolished entirely and with immediate effect, giving councils the tools they need to deliver a new generation of council housing.
The Estate Regeneration Programme is currently supporting and working with over 100 estates across the country.
£290 million of loan funding has been made available to provide long term finance for estate regeneration.
In March 2017, £32 million of grant funding was awarded to over 100 estates around the country to accelerate schemes at the early stages of regeneration and build access to commercial skills.
Gloucester City Homes received £1.249 million of enabling grant to support the early preparatory and planning work for two estates in Gloucester.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Feb 2019
Local Government Finance
"Earlier this afternoon, in your absence, Mr Speaker, we had a striking contrast in both the style and content of the Secretary of State’s presentation on local government financing and the Opposition spokesman’s response. On the one hand, we had someone calm and measured who, with his experience as Security …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Feb 2019
Local Government Finance
"No, let me make this point first.
I remember how Labour grew the cake in Gloucester: by shrinking the economy; by spending furiously on public services while 6,000 of my constituents lost their jobs in business, apprenticeships dried up, and engineering and manufacturing were on the verge of closure, as …..."Richard Graham - View Speech
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