Oral Answers to Questions

John Bercow Excerpts

Monday 24th April 2017 Commons Chamber

[Sajid Javid]

Yes, I do agree with my hon. Friend. It is an excellent point. Housing associations currently account for roughly a third of total housing supply, and we do want a situation in which they can borrow even more against that future income to build even more homes. That is something that it is in the housing White Paper, and we intend to build on it.

[Mr Speaker]

Craig Williams is not here, but Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck is.

[Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields) (Lab)]

12. What steps he is taking to tackle regional variations in adult social care funding.

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[Mr Speaker]

Order. As I call the hon. Member for Livingston (Hannah Bardell), perhaps I may congratulate the hon. Lady, as she is one of several Members who magnificently ran the marathon yesterday. She may be feeling a tad tired today, but not too tired to stand up and ask her question. We are grateful to the hon. Lady.

[Hannah Bardell (Livingston) (SNP)]

T9. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am eminently glad that my question is on the Order Paper today and I do not have to bob, because that might just be beyond me. The rise in hate crimes following the UK’s vote to leave the EU has shocked us all, and the rhetoric from this Tory Government on immigration will do nothing to assist integration and cohesion. What discussions have the UK Government had with Ministers from the Scottish Government regarding the Casey report? Will the Secretary of State commit now to making sure that the policies in his party’s manifesto will not seek to divide people along these lines?

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[Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

I am happy to take two further questions, if each of them consists of only one sentence.

[Fiona Bruce]

I thank the Secretary of State for his strong expression of concern regarding unfair leasehold titles, which affect my Congleton constituency; will he confirm that he is addressing this issue for those who have already bought, and, for the future buyer, will he look at imposing requirements on the right-to-buy conditions so that such properties can be bought only under freehold or fair leasehold terms?

[Mr Speaker]

I am sure that there were a few commas and semicolons in there.

[Sajid Javid]

My hon. Friend has done a great deal of work in this area. She will know that it is a particular problem in the north-west, and I can confirm that we are looking at all the issues very carefully.