Speeches by Khan.

“Moving on to Housing First, you mentioned this at the start, when we began this conversation. I appreciate that the Department has a positive evaluation of the Housing First programme. I want to understand what the plans are to support its wider rollout across England.”

“I just wanted to come back on the point that was made there and unpick that slightly further. There have been examples of how this is interpreted. I appreciate that the guidance is set by the Department and then it comes down to interpretation, but is there any review of how it is being interpreted across authorities? …”

“Do you think that that is enough, though, or do you think that there should be more disincentives?”

“Thank you very much. That is really helpful, Minister. However, the key point there is around communication. That is, at the minute, not happening. There are plenty of examples where local authorities are not communicating with each other when this is the case and they are placing out of borough. At the minute, the leg…”

“Thank you, Minister. On out-of-borough placements, this links to some of the conversation we had previously around temporary accommodation and standards. Given that quite a lot of out-of-borough placements are now happening in areas that are already deprived, do you think that there needs to be a reform of the legislat…”

“Thank you, Minister. It was really good to hear some of the work that is going on with the taskforce and with the strategy that will be developed as a result. We have obviously previously seen a number of strategies that have come out of Government. The previous Government had quite big intentions around ending homeles…”

“I am Naushabah Khan, Gillingham and Rainham.”

“Is there any work happening to ensure, where this is already happening, that they are being allowed to scale that up and that Government are providing the support needed in order for them to do this in the right way? I really want to understand how we are going to use the pilot that we have done.”

“Housing First has been looked at in other countries as well and it is seen as a model that works. Our own pilot is showing those positive results, which is great to see. I appreciate what you said about the spending review but, given that some authorities are already trialling this and using it in certain capacities, a…”

“Moving on to Housing First, you mentioned this at the start, when we began this conversation. I appreciate that the Department has a positive evaluation of the Housing First programme. I want to understand what the plans are to support its wider rollout across England.”

“Do you think that that is enough, though, or do you think that there should be more disincentives?”

“Thank you very much. That is really helpful, Minister. However, the key point there is around communication. That is, at the minute, not happening. There are plenty of examples where local authorities are not communicating with each other when this is the case and they are placing out of borough. At the minute, the leg…”

“Thank you, Minister. On out-of-borough placements, this links to some of the conversation we had previously around temporary accommodation and standards. Given that quite a lot of out-of-borough placements are now happening in areas that are already deprived, do you think that there needs to be a reform of the legislat…”

“Thank you, Minister. It was really good to hear some of the work that is going on with the taskforce and with the strategy that will be developed as a result. We have obviously previously seen a number of strategies that have come out of Government. The previous Government had quite big intentions around ending homeles…”

“I am Naushabah Khan, Gillingham and Rainham.”

“Q4. I recently visited MidKent college, which serves my constituency of Gillingham and Rainham. It teaches valuable construction skills to young people, but I have been informed that it faces significant challenges in recruiting teachers to deliver those courses. Does the Prime Minister agree that proper skills trainin…”

“I have a very quick question on that housing delivery point. How confident are you, given some of the changes that have come through to planning rules, which the Government have proposed, that they will lead to the Government fulfilling their objective of the biggest wave of social and council housing house building in…”

“I will try to keep it short as well. In terms of developer contributions, how well do you think agreements such as section 106 work for delivering social and affordable housing? How could we improve that in order to enable you?”

“I am Naushabah Khan. I am the MP for Gillingham and Rainham.”

“I join colleagues from across the House in saying that I was proud to serve on the Public Bill Committee. For too long, tenants in my constituency of Gillingham and Rainham have been at the mercy of a broken rental market. The system has gone unchecked for the last few decades, and left renters with a lack of security,…”