Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Deirdre Costigan and Matthew Pennycook

Monday 7th September 2026 Commons Chamber

[Matthew Pennycook]

That is precisely why we have introduced strategic cross-boundary planning through spatial development strategies—[Interruption.] The hon. Member says that it is not working, but it is not in place yet. We passed the Planning and Infrastructure Act last year, and it will be in place in short order. I am more than happy to have a conversation about it with her.

[Deirdre Costigan (Ealing Southall) (Lab)]

Yesterday I visited the Shri Guru Ravidass Sikh gurdwara in my constituency, where I was told about the weekly drop-in they run to help rough sleepers without the right to stay in this country and advise them on how to reconnect with family and go home with dignity. Would the Secretary of State congratulate the work of the gurdwara and tell us how we can further help those kinds of organisations?