Chris Bloore

Chris Bloore

Labour — Redditch

Speaking in the House of Commons on 23 April 2026

Debate

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Contribution

I thank my hon. Friend for her Committee’s work on this important issue. It is one of the most comprehensive reports I have read and many elements of it are heartbreaking. I declare an interest as a member of the all-party parliamentary group for households in temporary accommodation. In the light of the report’s findings on poor conditions and a lack of national data, what steps does she believe need to be taken to improve oversight and standards, in particular for constituents such as mine in Redditch who are sometimes asked to take a privately run temporary accommodation site miles away from their friends and family, often in conditions that are so disgraceful and simply unsafe that they lead to my constituents deciding to go on the street rather than the accommodation they have been placed into?

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