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HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI beg to move amendment (a) to Lords amendment 117.17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank my right hon. and learned Friend. I think Northampton North speaks for the whole House on this issue. With that, I will give way to my right hon. Friend the Member for…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI will address that matter in due course, so I hope my right hon. Friend will allow a little patience.17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank my right hon. Friend for raising that point, which I think is a matter of interest to all colleagues. She will know that we have had an exceptionally high level of…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillWill my right hon. Friend allow me to finish my point, and then I will gladly give way? As our existing policy makes clear, it is important that every local plan is founded on a…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI will just finish this remark, and I will certainly give way to my former ministerial colleague. The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs already publishes an…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe hon. Lady makes some good points. As I said, we agree on the importance of those services, particularly for the rural communities that we represent. That is why we are pushing…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank my right hon. Friend for his view. I will come on to address that point substantially in my remarks. We are modernising our planning system, putting local people at its…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill has had a lengthy passage. I take this opportunity to pay tribute to all my predecessors in my role and to colleagues across the Department…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillMy hon. Friend is an excellent champion of infrastructure and housing in her constituency and, of course, throughout the country. She has made an important point, and I should be…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank the Chair of the Health Committee for all the work he is doing on this issue. I will read his report with great interest. I draw the House’s attention to the work that the…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI am not going to give way at the moment, I am afraid. The Government agree that the quality of our homes is vital, but we do not agree that further legislation is needed to…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI need to make progress. On the important issue of building in flood risk areas, which was raised in the other place, amendment 80 is well intentioned but would have wholly…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. We did discuss the matter of housing targets in the Lords debate. The Lib Dems’ policy to have 380,000 houses a year—that is certainly this week’s…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillNo, I will not give way. The hon. Lady can speak later. This policy has been described by the Lib Dems’ own former leader—17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillIt is a pleasure to be able to respond to the points made by colleagues across the House. This is a complex and important Bill, and it has been a thoughtful and well set out…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI will not give way. There is no credibility at all on the Labour Front Bench. You do not have to take my word for it; just look at housing delivery in London and in Wales, where…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI am not giving way. The Leader of the Opposition says that his is now the party of the yimbys. We all want housing for our own children and grandchildren—I am a mother of four;…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We very much hope we will, with the consent of the House after these debates, see the Bill receive Royal Assent. We are working at pace…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI will give way shortly. We have committed to resolving a related anomaly by reinstating a devolved regulation-making function for the Scottish Government on Electricity Act 1989…17 Oct 2023