Matthew Pennycook MP: speeches 2026

Speeches

• 12 Jan 2026 · Topical Questions · Hansard source

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  I am sorry to hear about the challenges that my hon. Friend’s constituents face at the hands of their landlord. Tenants who are unhappy with their landlord’s handling of complaints can go to the Housing Ombudsman, and the Regulator of Social Housing can investigate evidence of systematic failure. My hon. Friend is welcome to keep me updated on whether his constituents see any improvement in the services being provided over the coming months.

• 12 Jan 2026 · Topical Questions · Hansard source

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  I am more than happy to sit down with my hon. Friend and discuss the matter in more detail.

• 12 Jan 2026 · Social and Affordable Homes: Blaydon and Consett · Hansard source

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  In July last year we set out a detailed five-step plan to deliver a decade of renewal in social and affordable housing. The plan includes the biggest boost to grant funding in a generation, the establishment of an effective and stable regulatory regime, and action to rebuild the sector’s capacity to borrow and invest in new and existing homes. All that—alongside investment in existing stock—will help to ensure that councils and housing associations throughout the north-east can deliver more homes.

• 12 Jan 2026 · Social and Affordable Homes: Blaydon and Consett · Hansard source

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  The Government remain committed to implementing social rent convergence to support additional investment in new and existing social housing. We will announce a decision on how it will be implemented later this month, before the launch of the social and affordable homes programme. That decision will take into account the benefits to the supply and quality of social and affordable housing, and the impact on rent payers and welfare spending.