Jen Craft

Jen Craft

Labour — Thurrock

Speaking in the House of Commons on 23 April 2026

Debate

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Contribution

I congratulate my hon. Friend on this report. I am not alone in this House in being moved by the stories that she has shared and that her Committee unearthed during its inquiry. A number of my constituents who live in temporary accommodation also have special educational needs and disabilities, and the impact on them is twofold, because they may also struggle to live in inappropriate accommodation that sometimes does not meet a physical or an emotional need. Does she agree that when local authorities look at placing people or at moving them on from temporary accommodation, due consideration must be given to children who have a special educational need or disability, and the impact on them?

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