Rachel Taylor

Rachel Taylor

Labour — North Warwickshire and Bedworth

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 tireless work in this area and for her fantastic stewardship of the Select Committee. The report is harrowing to read. Such reports cannot be written without witnesses giving evidence, and very often in doing so they put themselves on the line and at risk, so I commend all the witnesses who wrote to or appeared before the Committee, or who participated in roundtables. It is a scandal that children and families are living in these conditions in Great Britain in 2026. Will my hon. Friend impress upon the Minister that we really need to see a change? That means every single local authority making that change and committing to it, in particular in rural areas such as mine, where temporary accommodation is really scarce, meaning that people are living many miles away in areas they do not know or understand and without family support networks.

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