Speeches by Huq.

“London boroughs now spend £4 million a day on temporary accommodation. While costs and rough sleeping have soared, central Government subsidy has been frozen for 14 years, pushing councils to the brink of bankruptcy. Do my hon. Friends on the Front Bench agree that it is time to lift the 2011 Tory cap, so that London c…”

“I rise to convey the anger of the Du Cane Road Residents Association, which covers a cluster of different blocks including the very handsome Pankhurst House, which was in the Ideal Home exhibition in 1928. It was built for working women but has seen better days, and this is all because of Clarion Housing. The petition …”

“An Iranian-origin woman who lives in Acton came to see me the other day. Although she is relieved that her 90-something grandparents are not among the civilian casualties from Netanyahu’s US-backed bombings the other day, she reports that the hated hard-line regime in Iran is cracking down even further on its beleaguer…”

“I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for her honesty as she set out this latest reset, necessitated by the mess that the Tories left. Old Oak Common is part of my constituency, and this week eight associations across two boroughs have banded together to create the Old Oak Alliance, with the purpose of fighting for com…”

“What improvements could be made to the planning system to sort things out for you? In recent weeks, someone said to me, “There is too much pre-app”. They did their pre-app and then there is another one and there is a cost every time.”

“I am just thinking of an example. There is a 1928 stucco, white, chunky block of flats—a low-rise in a new bit of my seat—that was in the Ideal Home exhibition of 1928, apparently. It was women’s pioneer housing, but the allocations policies changed, and it has just become a bit of a dumping ground. There are smashed w…”

“Hilary—maybe you were going to mention this—I have a couple on the safe harbour scheme. How would that work in practice, because I know you have done this piece of work?”

“Okay, we will steer away from—hang on, have you got churches? The churches discussion was interesting.”

“Oh, sorry.”

“Boris got rid of the conservation officers.”

“Hi, everyone. It is interesting on the ruins—isn’t there an American sociological theory of broken windows? So what is the impact on a community when heritage sites are left in disuse?”

“Do we know what the operating costs would be?”

“I am just thinking of an example. There is a 1928 stucco, white, chunky block of flats—a low-rise in a new bit of my seat—that was in the Ideal Home exhibition of 1928, apparently. It was women’s pioneer housing, but the allocations policies changed, and it has just become a bit of a dumping ground. There are smashed w…”

“You want to do a plan of the whole area.”

“Camilla, over the course of your career, how have you seen the planning system change, in terms of efficiencies within it? It sounds like things are getting slacker.”

“What improvements could be made to the planning system to sort things out for you? In recent weeks, someone said to me, “There is too much pre-app”. They did their pre-app and then there is another one and there is a cost every time.”

“This is fascinating stuff, from an all-girl panel, and you have some interesting back stories as well. I had many happy hours in Blackpool at the NUS conference, and we have a hard hat picture of you, Dr Roberts—that is a Beatles song, isn’t it? Anyway, it is really good to have you all here. I am going to ask first ab…”

“The other thing, just on the churches issue, is that they are also warm spaces, with playgroups and food banks. In austerity, they have filled so many gaps.”

“This is fascinating stuff, from an all-girl panel, and you have some interesting back stories as well. I had many happy hours in Blackpool at the NUS conference, and we have a hard hat picture of you, Dr Roberts—that is a Beatles song, isn’t it? Anyway, it is really good to have you all here. I am going to ask first ab…”

“What reason have you been given for the delay?”