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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with Birmingham City Council on the ongoing bin workers' dispute; and what steps she is taking to help support the resumption of regular waste collection services for residents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with Birmingham City Council on the ongoing bin workers' dispute; and what steps she is taking to help support the resumption of regular waste collection services for residents.
During the acute phase of the waste dispute last year, the Government took decisive action in lock step with the Council to ensure waste in the city was safely and sustainably managed. The result was to establish a regular, reliable waste collection service despite industrial action.
The ongoing waste dispute is damaging for the residents and reputation of the great city of Birmingham. It is disappointing that a resolution has not yet been achieved, but this matter remains a local issue and is between Birmingham City Council, as the employer, and Unite, representing employees. The Government is not a party to this dispute, but we continue to urge both parties to work together to bring about a sustainable solution to end the strike, in the interests of the people of Birmingham.
We take the progress made across Birmingham City Council very seriously. A successful and prospering Birmingham is a priority for this government, and the department regularly engages with the Council in line with standard practice for statutory interventions. This is alongside receiving regular updates on progress from Commissioners, including on the waste dispute.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that HMOs and exempt accommodation are appropriately licensed and comply with local planning regulations in Birmingham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that HMOs and exempt accommodation are appropriately licensed and comply with local planning regulations in Birmingham.
This government implementing the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023, which will introduce licensing and national support standards across England to ensure supported housing residents receive support tailored to their individual needs. I will publish a consultation on the draft licensing regulations later this year.
Alongside this, the department has issued guidance and provided new burdens funding to support local authorities in developing supported housing strategies, which will assess the supply and demand for different types of supported housing in their areas.
While these reforms are being implemented, my officials continue to work closely with Birmingham City Council to address concerns about supported exempt accommodation.
Local authorities already have a range of powers to tackle poor-quality accommodation. Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing schemes play an important role in ensuring properties are safe, well maintained and properly managed, and councils have robust enforcement powers where landlords fail to comply.
Local planning authorities also have a wide range of enforcement powers, backed by strong penalties for non-compliance with planning regulations. However, it is for individual authorities to determine whether enforcement action is appropriate in the circumstances of each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure that residents of exempt accommodation and HMOs receive sufficient support and local infrastructure to enable them to integrate into their communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure that residents of exempt accommodation and HMOs receive sufficient support and local infrastructure to enable them to integrate into their communities.
This government implementing the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023, which will introduce licensing and national support standards across England to ensure supported housing residents receive support tailored to their individual needs. I will publish a consultation on the draft licensing regulations later this year.
Alongside this, the department has issued guidance and provided new burdens funding to support local authorities in developing supported housing strategies, which will assess the supply and demand for different types of supported housing in their areas.
While these reforms are being implemented, my officials continue to work closely with Birmingham City Council to address concerns about supported exempt accommodation.
Local authorities already have a range of powers to tackle poor-quality accommodation. Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing schemes play an important role in ensuring properties are safe, well maintained and properly managed, and councils have robust enforcement powers where landlords fail to comply.
Local planning authorities also have a wide range of enforcement powers, backed by strong penalties for non-compliance with planning regulations. However, it is for individual authorities to determine whether enforcement action is appropriate in the circumstances of each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure that HMOs and exempt accommodation are distributed evenly at both the local and national level to help support community cohesion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure that HMOs and exempt accommodation are distributed evenly at both the local and national level to help support community cohesion.
This government implementing the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023, which will introduce licensing and national support standards across England to ensure supported housing residents receive support tailored to their individual needs. I will publish a consultation on the draft licensing regulations later this year.
Alongside this, the department has issued guidance and provided new burdens funding to support local authorities in developing supported housing strategies, which will assess the supply and demand for different types of supported housing in their areas.
While these reforms are being implemented, my officials continue to work closely with Birmingham City Council to address concerns about supported exempt accommodation.
Local authorities already have a range of powers to tackle poor-quality accommodation. Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing schemes play an important role in ensuring properties are safe, well maintained and properly managed, and councils have robust enforcement powers where landlords fail to comply.
Local planning authorities also have a wide range of enforcement powers, backed by strong penalties for non-compliance with planning regulations. However, it is for individual authorities to determine whether enforcement action is appropriate in the circumstances of each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department is making with West Midlands Railway to restore the number of passenger train services to six trains per hour on the Cross-City line between Kings Norton, Bournville and Selly Oak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department is making with West Midlands Railway to restore the number of passenger train services to six trains per hour on the Cross-City line between Kings Norton, Bournville and Selly Oak.
The Department is working with West Midlands Trains, Network Rail and regional partners on options to increase Cross-City line frequencies while maintaining wider network performance and reliability. In parallel, longer-term interventions through the Midlands Rail Hub are being considered. The Department will assess these proposals against operational, capacity and value for money considerations before making any decisions on future service levels.
Community-led housing plays a vital role in meeting our housing targets. In my constituency, the Stirchley Co-operative Development has built 39 social and affordable homes, but delays and cost overruns by the housing association have pretty much dropped everyone into despair. Will the Minister meet me to bring a resolution to the issue?
Community-led housing plays a vital role in meeting our housing targets. In my constituency, the Stirchley Co-operative Development has built 39 social and affordable homes, but delays and cost overruns by the housing association have pretty much dropped everyone into despair. Will the Minister meet me to bring a resolution to the issue?
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the ongoing negotiations between Greensquare Accord and Stirchley Co-operative Development on the future relationship between Homes England and Greensquare Accord.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the ongoing negotiations between Greensquare Accord and Stirchley Co-operative Development on the future relationship between Homes England and Greensquare Accord.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help resolve the ongoing dispute between Greensquare Accord and the Stirchley Co-operative Development; and if she will set out what measures are available to her Department to help encourage a resolution...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help resolve the ongoing dispute between Greensquare Accord and the Stirchley Co-operative Development; and if she will set out what measures are available to her Department to help encourage a resolution...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many contracts Homes England currently holds with Green Square Accord.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many contracts Homes England currently holds with Green Square Accord.
We have seen a 30% increase in Russian subsurface and surface activity, Russian proxies rampant across Africa, £15 billion-worth of cyber-attacks across Europe, sabotage and drone incursions across the border. Can the Secretary of State confirm that if the Russians were to test us on NATO’s eastern flank, they would look across that flank and see not a NATO brigade, but something that looks like a Ukrainian brigade?
We have seen a 30% increase in Russian subsurface and surface activity, Russian proxies rampant across Africa, £15 billion-worth of cyber-attacks across Europe, sabotage and drone incursions across the border. Can the Secretary of State confirm that if the Russians were to test us on NATO’s eastern flank, they would look across that flank and see not a NATO brigade, but something that looks like a Ukrainian brigade?
My hon. and gallant Friend raises an important point, and I know that he speaks with operational experience on these matters. I hope that he sees and understands the importance that we attach to these matters. I know he understands the importance of working closely with our allies, both in NATO and in the joint expeditionary force—he and I have discussed that on many occasions. He will also understand that the NATO summit tomorrow in Ankara provides another important opportunity for us as an alliance to state our opposition to the threat we face from Russia. We are making sure that we have the resources we need to equip our armed forces for the kind of threat that he knows all about.
Personal statements by John Healey and Al Carns following their resignations from the Ministry of Defence.
Personal statements by John Healey and Al Carns following their resignations from the Ministry of Defence.
Committee stage. Clause 1, considered with amendments, new clauses and schedules. Clauses 1, 5, 6, 8 to 12, 14 to 20, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 30 to 32, 34 to 41, 43 to 51 and 55 agreed to. Clauses 2 to 4, 7, 13, 21, 25, 29, 33, 42, 52 to 54 as amended, agreed to. New clause NC4 agreed to. New clause NC2 negatived on division (171 to 302). New Clause NC5 negatived on division (170 to 301). New clause NC6 negatived on division (99 to 371). New clause NC13 negatived on division (80 to 298). Amendments 49 to 56 agreed to. Schedule 1, as amended, and Schedule 2 agreed to. Amendments 57 to 84 agreed to. Schedule 3, as amended, and Schedule 4 agreed to. Amendments 85 to 87 agreed to. Schedule 5, as amended, and Schedules 6 and 7 agreed to. Bill to be reported, with amendments.
Committee stage. Clause 1, considered with amendments, new clauses and schedules. Clauses 1, 5, 6, 8 to 12, 14 to 20, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 30 to 32, 34 to 41, 43 to 51 and 55 agreed to. Clauses 2 to 4, 7, 13, 21, 25, 29, 33,...
Clauses 42 to 55 agreed to. New clause 2 negatived. New clause 3 debated and negatived on division (4 to 7). New clause 4, discussed with new clause 5, debated and withdrawn. New clause 6 negatived on division (4 to 7). New clause 8 debated and negatived on division (4 to 7). New clause 9, discussed with new clauses 10, 11 and 14, debated and negatived on division (3 to 7). New clause 10 negatived on division (3 to 7). New clause 11 negatived on division (3 to 7). New clause 12 negatived on division (3 to 7). New clause 13, discussed with new clause 15, debated and negatived on division (3 to 7). New clause 14 negatived on division (3 to 7). New clause 15 negatived on division (3 to 7). New clause 16 debated and negatived on division (3 to 7). New clause 17 debated and negatived on division (3 to 7). Schedules 1 to 7 agreed to.
Clauses 42 to 55 agreed to. New clause 2 negatived. New clause 3 debated and negatived on division (4 to 7). New clause 4, discussed with new clause 5, debated and withdrawn. New clause 6 negatived on division (4 to 7). New clause 8 debated and negatived on division (4...
Clauses 31 and 32 agreed to. Amendment 24 to clause 33 negatived on division (6 to 9). Clauses 33 to 41 agreed to.
Clauses 31 and 32 agreed to. Amendment 24 to clause 33 negatived on division (6 to 9). Clauses 33 to 41 agreed to.
Clauses 20 to 30 agreed to. Committee adjourned till 16 April.
Clauses 20 to 30 agreed to. Committee adjourned till 16 April.
Clause 4 agreed to. Clause 5, discussed with clauses 6 to 9 stand part, schedules 2 and 3, and new clause 12. Clauses 5 to 9 agreed to. Schedules 2 and 3 agreed to. Clauses 10 to 19 agreed to. Clause 20 and an amendment under discussion when the Committee adjourned.
Clause 4 agreed to. Clause 5, discussed with clauses 6 to 9 stand part, schedules 2 and 3, and new clause 12. Clauses 5 to 9 agreed to. Schedules 2 and 3 agreed to. Clauses 10 to 19 agreed to. Clause 20 and an amendment under discussion when the Committee...
The British Armed Forces pay for overseas courses that they attend.
The British Armed Forces pay for overseas courses that they attend, unless the host nation offers to do so. The MOD only accepts places on overseas courses following a rigorous vetting process that considers equality obligations, human-rights and...
The British Armed Forces pay for overseas courses that they attend.
The British Armed Forces pay for overseas courses that they attend, unless the host nation offers to do so. The MOD only accepts places on overseas courses following a rigorous vetting process that considers equality obligations, human-rights and...
The Army is currently planning to use the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) for the testing of uncrewed systems in the spring of this year, supported by uncrewed trials expertise from the Joint 744 Naval Air Squadron. Plans beyond this and the future use of BATUS is dependent...
The Army is currently planning to use the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) for the testing of uncrewed systems in the spring of this year, supported by uncrewed trials expertise from the Joint 744 Naval Air Squadron. Plans beyond this and the future use of BATUS is dependent...
Statement on North Atlantic activity.
Statement on North Atlantic activity.
Clause 3 discussed with amendments. Clause 3, amendment 3 negatived on division (4 to 6). Clause 3, amendment 14 negatived on division (4 to 6). Clause 3, amendment 16 negatived on division (4 to 6). Clause 3, amendment 17 negatived on division (4 to 6). Clause 3, amendments 2 and 15 withdrawn. Clause 3 agreed to. Committee adjourned.
Clause 3 discussed with amendments. Clause 3, amendment 3 negatived on division (4 to 6). Clause 3, amendment 14 negatived on division (4 to 6). Clause 3, amendment 16 negatived on division (4 to 6). Clause 3, amendment 17 negatived on division (4 to 6). Clause 3, amendments 2 and...