Speeches by Ellis.

“I am Maya Ellis, Ribble Valley.”

“Some of the concerns raised were more about, in the temporary accommodation, the fact that there were instances where you had families, often young parents with children, being placed in accommodation alongside single men or single vulnerable adults. That often would restrict things for those young parents, who maybe n…”

“I am going to pick up on a few questions on immediate safeguarding risks. We have heard evidence in previous sessions where local authorities have placed families in temporary accommodation with vulnerable single adults. Are you concerned about the current safeguarding risks that these situations present?”

“Some of the concerns raised were more about, in the temporary accommodation, the fact that there were instances where you had families, often young parents with children, being placed in accommodation alongside single men or single vulnerable adults. That often would restrict things for those young parents, who maybe n…”

“That is really helpful. As a principle to reiterate, do you feel that you, as a Department, are able to put immediate extra pressure on those local services to ensure that separation, so that that does not happen as much? That is what seems to be happening at the moment. There are instances where those groups are mixin…”

“Quickly, on the wider support of those children who are in temporary accommodation, we have had a number of bits of evidence that suggest that a formal notification system going to schools and GPs would be really helpful to help monitor those children and make sure they are supported. Do you support that? Have you cons…”

“That is really helpful. As a principle to reiterate, do you feel that you, as a Department, are able to put immediate extra pressure on those local services to ensure that separation, so that that does not happen as much? That is what seems to be happening at the moment. There are instances where those groups are mixin…”

“Quickly, on the wider support of those children who are in temporary accommodation, we have had a number of bits of evidence that suggest that a formal notification system going to schools and GPs would be really helpful to help monitor those children and make sure they are supported. Do you support that? Have you cons…”

“I am Maya Ellis, Ribble Valley.”

“I am going to pick up on a few questions on immediate safeguarding risks. We have heard evidence in previous sessions where local authorities have placed families in temporary accommodation with vulnerable single adults. Are you concerned about the current safeguarding risks that these situations present?”

“The hon. Member has rightly highlighted the intricate and technical knowledge required to understand some of the mitigations, so I welcome our Government’s commitment to a floods resilience taskforce. Does he agree that it is integral that farmers are involved every step of the way in the development of solutions, part…”

“Moving beyond developer contributions, I am interested in wider business models that you have looked at potentially to generate funding. What kinds of innovative measures, if any, have your organisations used to generate those extra funds needed to build new social and affordable housing stock? Can I start with Martyn,…”

“Yes. Fiona MacGregor: There is a real balance for providers, for housing associations, in how they use their money. We have heard some of that in the last session. They are constantly trying to trade off choices between their two essential agendas, one of which is investing in their existing homes to make sure that the…”

“Can you tell me what elements of the financial viability assessments housing associations struggle with the most? Fiona MacGregor: Is that in terms of meeting our requirements?”

“My question is aimed at Fiona mainly. Our predecessor Committee found that there were a number of challenges to the economic regulation of the sector, including an increasing reliance on borrowing and large-scale mergers. Do you find that these are still challenges and, if so, what are you doing to address them? Fiona …”

“To close out the for-profit point, I am interested whether there is anything that any of you think you want to see more from the regulators to ensure that, where there is that for-profit involvement, we are keeping an eye on that.”

“Are there any other examples from the other organisations of approaches you have taken? Fiona Fletcher-Smith: We run 15 joint ventures, so we are sharing that with lots of people. The other thing that we are doing in London that is quite innovative is that we are building for local authorities, which we think is really…”

“I am Maya Ellis. I am the MP for Ribble Valley.”

“I will move on to devolution, which we had a number of questions on, but we will focus on some of the things that may not be talked about as much. First, a lot of the devolution deals that have happened so far have been in metropolitan areas, but there are opportunities going forward for a lot more shire areas and coun…”

“Do you see any more specific different challenges for those more shire areas than we have seen so far in some of the more metropolitan devolution deals?”