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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2019
Local Government and Social Care Funding

"The Minister is saying that the Tory Government want to spend on things that work. I can tell him that what works is the troubled families programme, which is due to end next year. Will he take this opportunity to commit to the House to doing everything he can to …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 29 Nov 2018
Private Rented Sector

"My constituency is in two boroughs with very different approaches. In 2016-17, one had to spend £5 million on temporary accommodation. For that borough, trying to end any sort of tenancy—no matter how bad the landlord—is counterintuitive, because it would then have to house the tenants but it does not …..."
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Written Question
Help to Buy Scheme
Monday 12th November 2018

Asked by: Teresa Pearce (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many help to buy equity loans have been made since the start of that scheme; and of those loans what proportion were for leasehold properties.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

Help to Buy: Equity Loan has helped 169,102 households buy a new-build home from its launch on 1 April 2013 until 31 March 2018.

To end March 2018, overall, 24.9 per cent of these were for leasehold properties: 12.0 per cent of houses were leasehold and 92.8 per cent of flats were leasehold.

Statistical data is set out at Table 9, 9a and 9b in the quarterly statistical release to March 2018:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734061/HTB_EL_and_HTB_NewBuy_statistical_release.pdf

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jul 2018
Govia Thameslink Franchise

"I listened to what the Minister said about reviewing the contract to see whether the terms had been adhered to; surely the contract is to run a rail service and surely GTR has not done that. What other business would possibly stay in business if it had to compensate its …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
Crossrail Extension to Ebbsfleet

"I thank the hon. Gentleman, my constituency neighbour, for giving way. Bexley Borough Council, which he knows very well, has a growth strategy for the north of the borough, where the Crossrail extension would come through. The extension is absolutely integral to the pace and change of the growth strategy …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
Crossrail Extension to Ebbsfleet

"Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that this is about not just housing development, but business development? In Abbey Wood, which is in the middle of my constituency, a major new supermarket has opened ahead of the opening of Crossrail. That has happened completely because of the Crossrail effect...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
Crossrail Extension to Ebbsfleet

"I have listened carefully to the Minister. Would he not accept that south-east London is massively underserved by transport compared with the rest of London and that stopping at Abbey Wood does not help Bexley at all?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Jan 2018
South-eastern Rail Franchise

"I thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. What he says about Belvedere and Erith stations in my constituency is true: services to Charing Cross will be stopped and the Thameslink will not stop there. There are substantial new housing developments, and the people who move in will …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Jan 2018
South-eastern Rail Franchise

"Is the Minister aware that the line from Bexleyheath to Victoria has a stop at a major hospital, and many people on that line work there or have to attend as patients? Will there not be a huge effect on that line?..."
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Written Question
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Reorganisation
Tuesday 16th January 2018

Asked by: Teresa Pearce (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated cost of the re-branding of his Department is.

Answered by Jake Berry

Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this government. The name change for the department reflects this government’s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build stronger communities across England.

Any necessary changes will be done in a cost-efficient way with expenditure being kept to a minimum.

This would be a fraction of the cost of splitting up the Ministry as proposed by the opposition.