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Monday 20th January 2025

(3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Angela Rayner Portrait Angela Rayner
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I commend the hon. Gentleman for that work. We want councils to be able to contribute to council housing. I will happily get the Housing Minister to meet the hon. Gentleman.

Sam Rushworth Portrait Sam Rushworth (Bishop Auckland) (Lab)
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I welcome the Government’s tripling of the emergency housing budget, but one of my constituents is about to be made homeless because debt incurred as a teenager means that she is not eligible for social housing. Are the Government willing to look at that? I am sure that they do not think that debt should be a reason for homelessness.