Speeches by Powell.

“I am sure we all agree that we would not support that action. I want to make a serious point about where progress has been made. Some of us recently met the leader of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo. Gibraltar now has an open register, and he told us that it has had no impact on investment there. In fact, it has attracted a …”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for joining the last debate we had on this topic in this Chamber seven months ago. Does he agree that the link we are discussing between the overseas territories and the sorts of criminal activity that we all see demonstrates that the British public would be on side with cleaning up this mess…”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton West (Phil Brickell) on securing this debate and on his election to the chair of the excellent all-party parliamentary group on anti-corruption and responsible tax. I thank other Members here and the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Sir Andrew Mitchell) for cha…”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Does he agree with the National Crime Agency that if it had open and accurate data on who owned and controlled those businesses, its operations would be much more effective? Those businesses are often linked to overseas territories, so the National Crime Agency cann…”

“My residents care deeply about our high streets. From Earl’s Court Road to Queensway, and from Notting Hill Gate to Portobello Road, those high streets have a lot of potential but were put through the wringer by the previous Conservative Government. We had empty units, unconstrained rows of slot machine casinos, and th…”

“I agree entirely with my hon. Friend. There is now an overwhelming case for introducing mandatory professional standards—which I know the Government are bringing forward—and for considering what regulation might look like, whether that is a new regulator or expanding on the current system. It is clear that some of the …”

“I join others in congratulating the hon. Member for Reigate (Rebecca Paul) on securing this debate. I know that leaseholders across the country will be watching this debate very closely, because the cost of being a leaseholder has contributed to the cost of living challenges that so many of our constituents have faced …”

“T7. Earlier this month I visited the Spear programme in north Kensington, which is doing fantastic work in supporting young people back into employment through programmes that the DWP data lab has found to have a significant impact. Could the Secretary of State outline how evidence produced by units such as the data la…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I congratulate my hon. Friends the Members for Northampton South (Mike Reader) and for Milton Keynes North (Chris Curtis) on securing this debate. I start by briefly reminding hon. Members why Britain’s building safety regime needed such radical reform after …”

“I strongly welcome the sanctions targeting the $108 billion in oil revenue that the Kremlin received last year and the progress on the $350 billion in frozen Russian sovereign assets. I applaud the Foreign Secretary and the Chancellor for their efforts in building a coalition with the EU and others to move from using t…”

“I also welcome my right hon. Friend to her place. Does she agree that Reform’s reckless plans to scrap the Online Safety Act would fail a generation of young people, including all the parents and children in my constituency of Kensington and Bayswater who have joined my local campaign to protect children online?”

“10. What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act 2023 in reducing children’s exposure to harmful online content.”

“My constituency is one in which we have seen growing inequality in health, in life expectancy. There is now a 19-year gap between the poorest parts of my constituency and the wealthiest parts, even though they are adjacent. In my casework, I see a lot of issues with overcrowding. To what extent is that problem responsi…”

“Are there things that you would like to see schools or local authorities or others do for those children in overcrowded properties? We know the waiting lists are so long, especially for family-sized social housing. What are some of the things that those groups could do?”

“I am Joe Powell, Labour MP for Kensington and Bayswater.”

“I have a quick follow-up question for Helen Garrett on how we get better stock condition surveys and better data on the problem. People are pitching lots of new technologies for monitors, sensors and so on, but it seems that uptake is still quite low. What do you think is the potential for some of those types of soluti…”

“You may have heard what Sir Michael Marmot was saying earlier about overcrowding. This is a question for Helen. The Health Foundation found there are over 100,000 households that are both overcrowded and in poor condition. Do you have any practical suggestions for how we could tackle that problem that are not just abou…”

“I have a final question on the housing health and safety rating system. I think it was last updated in 2004. We have just spent 90 minutes talking about all the changes since then with risks and so on. What would you like to see changed? What would be a better process of keeping it up to date?”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) for securing this debate. More than eight years after the Grenfell Tower fire, the fight for justice for the 72 who lost their lives, the bereaved and the survivors continues. Tomorrow is the first anniversary of the publication of the Grenfell Towe…”