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HANSARD Building HomesMy hon. Friend articulates what many Members across the House, even Opposition Members, will recognise as challenges that we face. This issue has been ducked for 14 years by the…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesAgain, there is a challenge that we have inherited. I hope that the hon. Member’s area has a local plan for what is required and can therefore push for that infrastructure as part…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI congratulate my hon. Friend, not just on getting to this place but on the work she did previously. I also congratulate her local authority on the work it has done on having a…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI am shocked to have to tell the right hon. Member that the NPPF was an NPPF before we came into government. National targets have always been there; this is not something that I…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. What we are trying to achieve today, and with the legislation that was announced in the King’s Speech, is about how we strengthen local…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesYes, and we believe that it is already considered in the NPPF. There is already guidance on agricultural land, particularly high-grade agricultural land, so we believe that the…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI welcome my hon. Friend to her place. I have visited Milton Keynes a number of times, and it is a fantastic example of a Labour new town. She has been quick to get a meeting…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesYes, I can confirm that neighbourhood plans and the protections will remain, which is really important. Again, we are saying that the release of grey-belt land has to be for the…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI thank my hon. Friend for her question. Labour has a “brownfield first” policy, and there are very strict golden rules on the release of grey-belt land. We will support local…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI say to the hon. Gentleman that the number of houses in cities will increase. The new method that we will be using is based on the stock and its affordability, so I ask him to…30 Jul 2024HANSARDPlanning, the Green Belt and Rural AffairsThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will take your advice, and I apologise to Members for the fact that I will not take more interventions. We have to grapple with these issues and…19 Jul 2024HANSARDPlanning, the Green Belt and Rural AffairsIt is an honour to open today’s King’s Speech debate on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, and it is the honour of my life to address the House for the first time as the Deputy…19 Jul 2024HANSARDPlanning, the Green Belt and Rural AffairsI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s comments, and I congratulate the local authorities that have those local plans. If those plans are adopted, that is exactly what we want to see; we…19 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsIt is pretty revealing that the Deputy Prime Minister thinks that housing is not an issue for the British people; I think it really is. People in glass houses should not throw…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Deputy Prime Minister clearly has not been looking up his own Government Bills. Let me turn to another Tory housing failure. Leaseholds are a rip off and a con, but the…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsFirst, may I share the Deputy Prime Minister’s comments regarding our Jewish community and wish them a happy Passover? I wish to acknowledge the loss of David Marquand and…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Deputy Prime Minister clearly thought that he could spend all week obsessing over my living arrangements and did not even bother to read up on his own Government’s Bill this…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman talks about defence. We all want to see 2.5%; the difference is that we have not cut the Army to its smallest size since Napoleon. Never mind some…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsI was expecting a little bit better from the Deputy Prime Minister. He seems to be a bit worn out. Maybe it is the 3 am calls from the “bad men” that have been keeping him up at…24 Apr 2024HANSARDMetro Mayors: Local EconomiesDespite that love-in, as the Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street has over-promised and under-delivered. Almost 70% of devolved housing funds have not been used, and he has…22 Apr 2024