Oral Question·Cabinet Office
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 20 May 2021Answered: 27 May 2021
Asked by
Afzal Khan
Labour — Manchester Rusholme
Answering Minister
the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
Everyone deserves a safe place to call home. The Housing Secretary has the power to introduce locally led licensing, and will consult on those regulations in the summer. Under our proposals, national standards for supported housing will be enforced by local authorities. I am proud of the action we have taken to back renters—abolishing section 21 evictions, expanding the decent homes standard, and extending Awaab’s law to cover the private rental market.