Speeches by Cocking.

“Bridget, if I can ask you a slightly different question. Do you want to give us some views on planning? If you have a bigger authority, some people might say it is easier for the Government to force through lots more housing in different areas because the authority is bigger and you can put more housing together. Do yo…”

“10. What steps her Department is taking to improve special educational needs provision.”

“I draw attention to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Since I was elected, I have heard countless times from parents across Broxbourne that the special educational needs system is too difficult to navigate and all too often just does not work. What action is the Minister taking to improve …”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. My point of order relates to comments by Ministers on their plans to impose local government restructuring. At oral questions on 20 January, the Minister for Local Government and English Dev…”

“Your response sounds like it is a talking shop. What were the outcomes from the meeting? What was agreed to be delivered by the next meeting in February?”

“I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Some of the areas that we are looking at are still two-tier areas. Will the Minister outline the Government’s approach? Can two-tier areas create combined authorities, or is it the Government’s ambition that new combined authorities will be c…”

“Minister, I want to talk about joined-up services. We have been talking today about very important and complex issues. Some people who are rough sleeping have very complex needs. What are the Government, and particularly your Department, doing around joining up those services? That is particularly important with the he…”

“You keep telling us that there is not enough housing in London and you have slashed the target.”

“You have outlined on a number of occasions that there is a shortage of housing in London, so why is London’s housing target being slashed?”

“I am Lewis Cocking, Broxbourne. I am a local councillor as well.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. My comments today need to be viewed in the context of my interest as a local councillor. My constituents in Broxbourne have borne the brunt of this policy in recent years. I hear loud and clear on the doorstep how angry they feel. The Home Office took control…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a local councillor. Does my hon. Friend agree that if we have more people processing these claims, and we process these claims even quicker, more people will come? That i…”

“Will the Minister outline her Government’s policy and what she is going to do? She has given us a history lesson on what has happened, but what are the Labour Government going to do moving forward? Can she give us a date for when they are going to meet their manifesto commitment to close the last asylum hotel?”

“I am really conscious of time. Since you have been in post, have you had a meeting with your counterpart in the Department of Health and Social Care where rough sleeping has been on the agenda?”

“Minister, I want to talk about joined-up services. We have been talking today about very important and complex issues. Some people who are rough sleeping have very complex needs. What are the Government, and particularly your Department, doing around joining up those services? That is particularly important with the he…”

“You keep telling us that there is not enough housing in London and you have slashed the target.”

“You have outlined on a number of occasions that there is a shortage of housing in London, so why is London’s housing target being slashed?”

“Your response sounds like it is a talking shop. What were the outcomes from the meeting? What was agreed to be delivered by the next meeting in February?”

“I am Lewis Cocking, Broxbourne. I am a local councillor as well.”

“I am really conscious of time. Since you have been in post, have you had a meeting with your counterpart in the Department of Health and Social Care where rough sleeping has been on the agenda?”