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HANSARD Building HomesThese are the answers to the questions. [ Interruption. ] No, they are the bits that I have written, actually, in regard to her questions. Members of the party opposite are now…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesLet me start by welcoming the right hon. Lady to her place. I wish her luck for her leadership campaign, now that she has confirmed that she is running. It was her ambition all…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesBefore I begin my statement, I know that the whole House will join me in sending our deepest condolences and strength in the hours ahead to those affected by yesterday’s shocking…30 Jul 2024HANSARDBuilding the Homes We NeedThe Government have today set out the first major steps in their plan to build the homes this country needs. Our manifesto was clear: sustained economic growth is the only route…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that we have to fix the situation not just on the affordability of houses, and in the general election campaign we talked about our…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI absolutely agree. That goes back to the point that far too often people object to development because they do not see the infrastructure, and people see that in some cases…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesThe right hon. Gentleman’s Government was in power for 14 years and could have resolved this issue. One reason why we are consulting on the revised NPPF is because we recognise…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI said in my statement, this is the first step but we know there is so much more that we need to do. We have a significant amount of legislation coming forward, about which the…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to talk about homelessness and the pressures that local authorities face. This issue feels particularly personal because the number of stories…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI absolutely agree with everything the right hon. Gentleman says. The Minister of State, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, my hon. Friend the Member for…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI welcome my hon. Friend to her place. It will be a challenge, but we are desperate to try to meet that challenge as quickly as we can. That is why we are moving at pace with the…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesMy hon. Friend is right to mention the haphazard way in which the green belt has been built upon under the last Government, although some of the responses that I have had from…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI say to the right hon. Gentleman with absolute respect that he should please read the consultation. We think that we do support our agriculture, which accounts for just over 10%…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI welcome my hon. Friend to her place. She is absolutely right, and her question builds on one that I answered previously. We have to protect our green belt, and the proposals we…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesThat is what the new formula does. We are trying to assess the need in areas, taking particular account of their current stock, but also of affordability; I suspect that Cornwall…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI thank the hon. Member for his contribution. I have not personally dealt with that specific case, but when we make such decisions, we weigh up the advice and planning expertise…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI absolutely agree that we desperately need affordable homes. It depends on where my hon. Friend’s local authority is in the process, but we will be setting out the targets, which…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesWe think we can use brownfield funding better, but this is not about riding roughshod over local decisions and what local people want; having mandatory housing targets and plans…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesParts of this consultation look at how we can strengthen section 106, and we want to do that in conjunction with local authorities. As I mentioned in my statement, we are also…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesWe have confirmed that people with a local connection will get priority over those homes. The hon. Gentleman tries to make a quip about the fact that I grew up in a council house,…30 Jul 2024