Speeches by Curtis.

“I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for his hard work in trying to bring an end to these unacceptable strikes. When such strikes happen, particularly at this time of year, it draws attention away from the hard work that staff across our national health service are constantly putting in during these dif…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) on securing this debate. The limited time means that I will not focus too heavily on the importance of the region, which has been covered by my colleagues, but as the first MP proud to…”

“I am Chris Curtis, the MP for Milton Keynes North.”

“Why is that?”

“Thinking about the finances more widely, if Government or the sector wanted to ensure we continued to increase standards while not leading to some of the consequences that you just described, what kind of policy interventions would we be looking at to do that?”

“As we go through this process over the next decade of increasing standards, what do you see as your role as a regulator in ensuring that it is happening, and that people are on track and meeting deadlines as and when the Government set them out?”

“Can you spell out what the consequence of that is?”

“You might not have data on this, but, if one of the consequences of driving up standards is larger associations, do you tend to find that larger associations on average provide better or worse quality accommodation?”

“There is no such thing as a free lunch, right? If they are increasing their spend on repairs and maintenance by about 50%, where is that money coming from? What is the trade-off there?”

“You have spoken quite a bit about the catch-up that the sector is almost having to do to meet current standards. I think you made an argument that it is making progress towards that and increasing spending on repairs. At the same time as it is trying to play catch-up with current standards over the next decade, we are …”

“I am Labour MP for Milton Keynes North.”

“We know that there are people who rely on their parents’ support to get on the housing ladder, particularly with regard to a deposit payment. Do we know how much that is happening within the market now, and do we have any particular worries about how that could be locking out young people and young families who do not …”

“Your view is that the schemes exist, but people probably do not know about them?”

“Charles, do you have anything to add about this fairness question? I take the point that it is probably better than nothing but again, is there not a fear that basically your ability to get a mortgage is increasingly down to the ability of your parents to be able to support you in doing so?”

“I welcome the comments about Milton Keynes, the largest economy in the Oxford-Cambridge corridor, and we are very excited about the upcoming forest. The Wetland Arc, led by the Parks Trust, is another exciting project that spans the Great Ouse valley in my constituency. It will bring significant benefits for both peopl…”

“2. What steps she has taken to improve access to nature.”

“You touched on delivery mechanisms. Is there a view from the Department on delivery mechanisms? Is it going to be a case-by-case basis?”

“That is great.”

“I don’t mean to put you on the spot.”

“Is there an ideal that you would want for some?”