Speeches by Khan.

“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.”

“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 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,…”

“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.”

“Thank you. That is very helpful. We have talked a lot already about temporary accommodation and the pressures it places, and also the need to have that long-term strategy in place to deal with the supply issue. However, there is an immediate pressure and there is an immediate need in certain places to tackle some of th…”

“I appreciate that you have set out why it is challenging to set out a timeline at this stage, but is there a targeted approach to this, in terms of how you would see a year-on-year reduction in rough sleeping particularly? Is there anything that you are working towards, or is this still something that you are not able …”

“This is not a new issue. Every Government have pledged that one of their core priorities is to end homelessness. In terms of some of the many complexities that you have highlighted around this, a lot of work has already been done in the past on how we can end it and there are learnings that can be taken from Everybody …”

“Thank you, Deputy Prime Minister, for being here today and also for recognising some of the big challenges we face, not only with the housing crisis but with homelessness more generally. What has the inter-ministerial group on ending homelessness achieved so far?”

“I have one final follow-up question. On the rental auctions, I appreciate that a current phased pilot is being reviewed. At the minute, it does not necessarily give flexibility around buildings that have been sat empty for a longer period of time, as opposed to shorter. Will there be opportunities for local authorities…”

“Thank you very much for answering so many of our questions. My last question is about our town centres and high streets, which are such an important part of so many of our local communities. You have just talked about giving that power locally. What safeguards are going to be put in place to enable businesses on our hi…”

“I have one final follow-up question. Is anything going to be done to discourage out-of-borough placements, particularly where you see people being sent hundreds of miles away from their family network, their friends or their original authority?”

“14. What steps her Department is taking to support community ownership of local assets.”

“I recently met the friends of the Flying Saucer pub, a community group in my constituency who are working to bring this asset of community value back into local hands. Will the Minister assure my constituents that the Government are committed to supporting the retention of community assets such as this, and will he agr…”

“I have a question on the comment around prevention, which I completely take. Shelter’s data and other data has shown that, particularly over the last decade but certainly year on year, there has been an increase in both rough sleeping and homelessness. I just wanted to understand from the panel what the specific reason…”