Speeches by Khan.

“Do you think it is enough, given the immediate crisis?”

“I want to go back to temporary accommodation, specifically looking at procurement. Obviously, we understand as a Committee that the Ministry is still in live policy development around the issue in respect of how to carry out the recommendations that were made by the Office for Value for Money study on the procurement o…”

“I think we have mentioned this in the Committee, but it feels like the live policy development phase has dragged on for a bit too long. What is still being negotiated that is preventing the Ministry from acting urgently on the crisis?”

“You mentioned children. We all know that the record number of children who are classified as homeless and are living in temporary accommodation needs to be addressed urgently. Is any specific work being done in that area?”

“Thank you. I appreciate what you are saying about that localised approach; as a former councillor, I recognise the value of that. However, what support will be given to councils to navigate that? At the minute, it feels like the system is a case of grab what you can get. It does not seem to be working, and it leads to …”

“I am the Member of Parliament for Gillingham and Rainham.”

“I am sure others have had this too, but my inbox has been inundated with queries around disputes over service charges, particularly with leaseholders. I would be really interested to hear from the panel what you think about the transparency that exists over the current fees and related charges, and how easy it is for l…”

“I am MP for Gillingham and Rainham.”

“It is really helpful to understand some things that you have put into place. How confident are you—I appreciate you have given some figures around your complaint system—that when residents have queries, they are getting the responses that they require, but also that their queries, particularly around things like servic…”

“Can I just come back on that though? I appreciate what you say, but I think it is slightly disingenuous to suggest that people do not understand service charges if they are not provided with clear breakdowns in the first place or it is set out clearly what they are paying for. Most people are able to make sense of a se…”

“That is a shocking figure of 94%.”

“I certainly won’t rehearse what my colleague just said, because she articulated it really well. I just want to emphasise the point that this conversation has shaped the way our communities are today. It is a huge part not just of the history of south Asians in this country, but of British history, and an opportunity to…”

“I just wanted to unpick that a little further. Obviously, we have the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 coming forward, and I appreciate the calls for regulators, which is really helpful to understand. But prior to that, is there anything else that we need to be building into this system? Because of course you rea…”

“4. Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the additional roles reimbursement scheme to include GPs.”

“I welcome the Government’s commitment to restoring the family doctor, and the recruitment of 1,700 additional GPs nationwide, but my constituency has yet to benefit from that. Concern has been expressed to me about the expansion of the additional roles reimbursement scheme to include only newly qualified GPs, which it …”

“The strategic defence review will make Wales and the rest of the UK safer at home and stronger abroad, just as it will my constituency of Gillingham and Rainham. Does the Minister agree that the SDR is further proof that only Labour can be trusted to protect our Union, while Opposition Members wring their hands, wish t…”

“3. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Government’s increased defence spending on Wales.”

“I just wanted to pick up on viability. The National Housing Federation has been quite robust in some of its written evidence on this. It has said that viability assessments are frequently used purely to compensate overpaying for land or to maximise profit. I am just really interested to hear your reflections on that an…”

“When you say it is very rare for greenfield sites to have viability issues, are you saying they are unlikely to have issues with viability or that, if there is an issue, it is likely to be—”

“That is really helpful. Just to quickly come back on that, did you say that 10.9 years is the average?”