Speeches by Irons.

“I sincerely thank the hon. Lady for giving way. When we talk about the consultation, it is not necessarily about seeking consensus in this place; it is about seeking consensus with parents and children, and with people outside this place. Banning social media for children is a good approach, but this is not just about …”

“I thank the Minister for the decisive action that he took over the recent Grok incident. Given the scope of the consultation and the fact that we are talking about online harms, I want to flag the issue we have around content on YouTube, which is a video-sharing platform, not necessarily a social media platform. The ty…”

“I appreciate the hon. Member’s concerns. My constituency is an outer-London borough that has long been deemed as having inner-London support through finance, and it has inner-London problems—it is not particularly leafy, and deprivation is tough and takes a massive toll on our councils. Does he understand that addressi…”

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“I join colleagues in thanking the Secretary of State and the Minister for Local Government for their work on this matter. We talk about outdated data; places like my Croydon East constituency, in an outer-London borough, have been treated as though we have an endless pot of cash, or are endlessly wealthy. However, my c…”

“I want to add my voice on this point. In Croydon, we find ourselves in a similar situation, in that inner London boroughs put their children into our part of London because the housing is slightly cheaper. I also have constituents who have faced exactly the situation that my hon. Friend outlined: being threatened with …”

“I used to be a local councillor so I understand how terrible planning departments can be. They are decimated, and it has become harder and harder, so scaling up those people is really great. But you said you hope that they would have those skills. Could we not just ensure that they did if we are now on lining a whole n…”

“Just to pick up on the point around developers, what are we doing to ensure that people are not just buying these sites and letting them decay? There is nothing worse for a community to see than a heritage site bought and left to rot into the ground. If we have 670,000 homes sitting out there and developers are land-ba…”

“You said there is a potential for 670,000 homes just by repurposing heritage sites?”

“Given the 1.5 million target and given where these locations are because they will be in communities that probably very much need these properties, is enough priority being given to repurposing these sites for housing? Do you think there is enough weight and focus in Government to repurpose these sites?”

“That prevents the developer from making their money back until they have done the hard graft.”

“When you are looking at the whole estate and thinking strategically about how you are going to protect and reuse these sites, is housing a priority in those discussions?”

“We are going to talk about the One Public Estate, but at the moment just what the Government own.”

“Sorry, just so I understand, your process of thinking is: can this be used, is it necessary to keep it for Government use—obviously, once you sell off a piece of estate you cannot really get it back—and then the next step is to look at disposal. Are you giving greater weight to projects that have housing as a focus or …”

“The kick-off question I had was more broadly, if it is not a publicly owned building, but it is a heritage building, what kind of pots of funding are available to developers or groups locally that want to repurpose a historic building for housing?”

“I am going to move on to housing and the role that these sorts of sites can play in helping the Government reach its ambitions to tackle the housing crisis. What Government funding is available to help achieve the Government’s wider plans to increase housing supply by enabling the reuse of historic assets?”

“The expansion of Department for Work and Pensions youth hubs and the roll-out of Young Futures hubs are a testament to the Government’s commitment to stand alongside young people and support them to succeed. The Centre for Young Lives has called for Government Departments to work jointly to ensure clear alignment acros…”

“7. What steps he is taking through the roll-out of youth hubs to help support young people into education, training and employment.”

“I welcome the Government’s launching of a national conversation about the impact of screens and tech on our children. As part of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s inquiry into children’s TV and video content, we have heard evidence that not all screen time is equal. Content that is meant for engagement can be be…”

“We didn’t have wi-fi, Damian. That is the difference.”