In Parliament - Andy Slaughter

European Council

Commons debates

It is the height of irresponsibility for the Prime Minister to pretend she can win a vote on her deal when every Member of this House, including her, knows she cannot. Nor is there a majority for...

Authorised court and tribunal staff: legal advice and judicial functions

Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill [Lords]

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

Let me begin by saying that it was indeed a pleasure to serve on the Bill Committee, not least because of its brevity. I think that the Minister alluded to that when she described it as a small...

Authorised court and tribunal staff: legal advice and judicial functions

Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill [Lords]

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We discussed this in Committee. Interlocutory case management often has a large bearing on what happens in a case; it can alter what happens in a case and it...

European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Statutory Obligations on Ministers

Commons debates

The date of 21 January is a long way in the future, particularly for those EU citizens whose lives are on hold and who are struck with uncertainty. The Minister said that he thought that the...

EU Exit: Article 50

Commons debates

Like his predecessors, the Secretary of State is kept in the dark about a lot, but he must know when he was first told that tomorrow’s vote was off. We know that it was not yesterday, when...

Business of the House

Commons debates

The Government have, in the middle of the debate, pulled the most important business this House has debated for a very long time. That is extraordinary. More extraordinary is the fact that the...

Exiting the European Union

Commons debates

Dragging the decision on the Prime Minister’s deal into the new year for what looks like tactical advantage is unfair on everyone, but it is particularly unfair on businesses trying to plan...

Section 21 Evictions

Select Committee on Education

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

The Minister highlights important and hard-won preconditions for taking eviction proceedings, but that does not alter the fact that, in the generality of cases, we are talking about no-fault...

Section 21 Evictions

Select Committee on Education

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

We will hear from the new shadow Minister in a moment, but I hope she will not take it amiss if I say that I am particularly looking forward to hearing what the Minister has to say and finding...

Section 21 Evictions

Select Committee on Education

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

In a moment. I should not look a gift horse in the mouth, because the hon. Member for Cheltenham has come here to be conciliatory and supportive, so I will move on. Although I regard Labour...

Section 21 Evictions

Select Committee on Education

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I thought I was making one of my most conciliatory speeches in the past 13 years. I am sure that when the hon. Member for Cheltenham hears from our Front Bench, a lot more of the Rottweiler...

Section 21 Evictions

Select Committee on Education

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

What my hon. Friend says is absolutely true: tenants are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. If they leave too early, they can be criticised by the local authority; if they leave...

Section 21 Evictions

Select Committee on Education

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

If my hon. Friend wants to pop back to her office, I can keep things going until she comes back.

Section 21 Evictions

Select Committee on Education

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I know that my hon. Friend is, like me, a great rooter around inside plastic carrier bags when they are brought into her surgery. Often one can find, among many other papers, half a dozen...

Section 21 Evictions

Select Committee on Education

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

My hon. Friend is right. We tend, rightly, to focus on bad landlords. I think we all agree that they are a minority, but there is some shocking practice out there. That is nothing new—some...

Section 21 Evictions

Select Committee on Education

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

Yes, take it or leave it. At that point, one of the children turns 18 and is not in full-time education. Suddenly the family is either told, “You can have a two-bedroom flat rather than the...

Section 21 Evictions

Select Committee on Education

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

My hon. Friend is right. It is almost tormenting people, and these are the people in a preferential situation—in temporary accommodation rather than permanently discharged to the private...

Section 21 Evictions

Select Committee on Education

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

Settle down, everyone. I do not need to speak for very long, because my hon. Friend the Member for Westminster North (Ms Buck) has done the heavy lifting for us by clearly setting out why...

Section 21 Evictions

Select Committee on Education

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone, more than ever when we have the luxury of time—such a rare event in this place.

Section 21 Evictions

Select Committee on Education

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

To add to that interesting argument, section 21 has been abolished in Scotland, which is a different jurisdiction and a different housing market, and has been replaced by a regime in which there...