In Parliament - Shabana Mahmood MP

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Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill

Commons debates

The hon. Member is nodding, and I suspect he would have liked that to make its way into the Bill in a stronger form than it currently has. I welcome the direction of travel of the commitment that...

Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill

Commons debates

Would that it were that easy. My experience of rogue landlords is that the worst really do act like a bunch of gangsters. Going after one will send a message to some of the others, but we need to...

Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill

Commons debates

The hon. Member is absolutely right: people who are in this sector for the right reasons, trying to do the right thing by vulnerable people, will welcome licensing and the new threshold. So many...

Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill

Commons debates

The hon. Member makes an important point: we absolutely need enforcement. I might also observe that we need some money in order to pay for that enforcement—it does not happen automatically....

Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman is right, and I was just about to make that point. A complaints procedure is necessary to protect, for example, the two constituents whose case I have already highlighted. They...

Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill

Commons debates

I am delighted to speak in today’s debate, and I thank the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) for his decision to use his Private Member’s Bill slot to address some of the...

Football Clubs in England: Financial Sustainability

Commons debates

I totally understand that when we are trying to build a totally new regulatory regime, we have to make sure we have thought of every possibility and any unintended consequences, but will the...

Football Clubs in England: Financial Sustainability

Commons debates

The hon. Member is absolutely right. I well remember having to mediate between the competing views of the different fans as well as the residents in the area who suddenly had more traffic to...

Football Clubs in England: Financial Sustainability

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Member for his invitation. I will certainly try to make time to get to his debate—I feel that there is a quid pro quo going on here; we are certainly keeping the Minister...

Football Clubs in England: Financial Sustainability

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. There is an issue at the bigger end of the spectrum, with the involvement of potentially hostile foreign Governments, but right underneath that there are a...

Football Clubs in England: Financial Sustainability

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and I will come to that point. Without regulation, none of football can thrive. The premier league cannot thrive, nor can all the other teams that are not...

Football Clubs in England: Financial Sustainability

Commons debates

The hon. Member is absolutely right. We learned through covid that fans are the lifeblood of the game. If we take away fans, it destroys not only the business model but the spirit of football.

Football Clubs in England: Financial Sustainability

Commons debates

I am pleased to have secured this Adjournment debate on the governance and financial sustainability of English football clubs. I am very lucky that Birmingham, Ladywood is home to both Birmingham...

Energy Bills Rebate: Flats

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether people living in residential flats that use (a) heat networks and (b) private wire electricity networks will...

Energy Bills Rebate: Flats

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether residential flats that use private wire electricity networks will be included in the support provided by the...

Warm Home Discount Scheme

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to inform people who do not receive means-tested benefits that they are not...

Warm Home Discount Scheme: Impact Assessments

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the criteria published on the Department for Work and Pension website which sets out that people are...

Social Security Benefits: Energy

Department for Work and Pensions

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to take steps to provide help with high energy costs to people who are receiving non means-tested benefits.

Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) remediation orders (b) remediation contribution orders applications have...

Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the average length of time that the First-tier tribunal will take to process an application...