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Lords Chamber
Autumn Statement 2023 - Wed 29 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) Instead, we have seen rent levels become one of the principal drivers of homelessness, now including - Speech Link
2: Lord Frost (Con - Life peer) The only way we can get growth and incomes up again is to release the forces of the private sector—removing - Speech Link
3: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD - Life peer) This represents an increase of 54.2% in prisoners on remand between 2020 and the present.As I said in - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
2nd reading - Tue 28 Nov 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) offences, including for convicted murderers who are assessed as posing a risk of sexual offending on release - Speech Link
2: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) could be violated that encourage prisoners to be able to share their side of the argument and have that - Speech Link
3: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) Does she agree that one challenge we face is that we have a homelessness crisis? - Speech Link
4: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) Those measures will do nothing to end rough sleeping and homelessness. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 21 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Marion Fellows (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) Her former colleague, the Home Secretary, thought homelessness was a lifestyle choice, yet in reality - Speech Link
2: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) to jobs on release, and business-led employment advisory boards that partner prisoners with industry - Speech Link
3: Andrew Jones (Con - Harrogate and Knaresborough) We know that ex-offenders are at high risk of homelessness, particularly immediately on release. - Speech Link
4: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) For example, prisoners can meet a DWP prison work coach from 12 weeks before release to provide advice - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Violence Reduction, Policing and Criminal Justice - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Dehenna Davison (Con - Bishop Auckland) I was very pleased to see the Victims and Prisoners Bill rolled over, as well as the introduction of - Speech Link
2: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) In addition, the Victims and Prisoners Bill will implement Jade’s law, automatically suspending legal - Speech Link
3: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) warring factions and the release of prisoners from the other side? - Speech Link
4: Darren Henry (Con - Broxtowe) for Veterans’ Affairs, such as the dedicated referral pathways for mental health, physical health and homelessness - Speech Link
5: Rupa Huq (Lab - Ealing Central and Acton) That is disgraceful.With winter approaching, there should not be street homelessness and rough sleeping - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Growth - Tue 14 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Jack Brereton (Con - Stoke-on-Trent South) I therefore welcome the Criminal Justice Bill, the Victims and Prisoners Bill and the terrorism Bill - Speech Link
2: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) Bill, the draft rail reform Bill, the Renters (Reform) Bill, the Sentencing Bill and the Victims and Prisoners - Speech Link
3: Kate Kniveton (Con - Burton) safeguard our country’s future, whether it is keeping communities safe through tougher sentencing of prisoners - Speech Link
4: Stephen Farry (Alliance - North Down) A ceasefire, which must include the release of hostages and humanitarian access, requires a collective - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Mon 13 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab - Life peer) falling behind on mortgage repayments and the rent, and I hope everybody in this House will agree that homelessness - Speech Link
2: Lord Cromwell (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Such launches now often release numerous small satellites in their wake, making orbits ever more crowded.There - Speech Link
3: Lord Warner (XB - Life peer) Where are the extra prisoners going to go? - Speech Link
4: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) clear priorities for the economy to ensure that we recover from the shocks we have faced and once again release - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower - Thu 09 Nov 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Edward Miliband (Lab - Doncaster North) and energy.Here we are, the last King’s Speech before the next general election and the Government release - Speech Link
2: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) It could though, she says, release funds to support households with energy bills—the operative word there - Speech Link
3: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) Let me be clear: homelessness is not a lifestyle choice. - Speech Link
4: Kate Osborne (Lab - Jarrow) They talk up their Victims and Prisoners Bill, when the reality is that they have destroyed our policing - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Thu 09 Nov 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LD - Life peer) run—not that this Government need necessarily worry about the longer run.Every pound we spend housing prisoners - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bshp - Bishops) a criminal record when even attempting to turn their lives around on accessing work and housing on release - Speech Link
3: Lord Bird (XB - Life peer) ; I came into this House to do something about homelessness. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity - Wed 08 Nov 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Angela Rayner (Lab - Ashton-under-Lyne) This week, she told us her answer to homelessness: “Take away their tents.” - Speech Link
2: Rob Butler (Con - Aylesbury) Over the past few years, we have seen a welcome increase in the emphasis on getting former prisoners - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (Lab - Bristol East) of last month we had barely 500 prison places left, which raises the question of where those extra prisoners - Speech Link
4: Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Batley and Spen) needed aid—food, water, medicines and fuel—into Gaza immediately and to call loudly and clearly for the release - Speech Link
5: Ruth Cadbury (Lab - Brentford and Isleworth) I will start with homelessness and homeless families. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 08 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) The level of public drug use and homelessness, and the lack of medical care for homeless people, was - Speech Link
2: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) , pre and post release, and to make community sentences work; a comprehensive, multi-agency approach, - Speech Link
3: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LD - Life peer) Perhaps we have a hint as to why: the Home Secretary thinks homelessness is a “lifestyle choice”. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) In the Home Secretary’s view, homelessness is a “lifestyle choice”. - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) introduce greater ministerial scrutiny to the release of the most serious offenders. - Speech Link