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Oral Answers to Questions

Bambos Charalambous Excerpts
Tuesday 9th April 2019

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Bambos Charalambous Portrait Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (Lab)
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T3. My borough of Enfield has seven times more households living in temporary accommodation than the national average, with 18% of people in Enfield classed as being low paid. I have no doubt that the two figures are related so how can the Chancellor defend the Government’s record on in-work poverty, insecure work and zero-hours contracts, which have caused so much hardship for so many?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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I think the hon. Gentleman should speak to his friend the Mayor of London about what he is doing to increase house building in London.