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HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillMy right hon. Friend speaks from vast experience on this issue. I can do no more than agree strongly with every word. Leaving the EU allows us to make the laws that are right for…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe Welsh Labour Government have a shocking record on house building, as they have on many issues. What is more, they are not tackling the issue at source, which is why we are…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillNatural England is a Government partner. We work very closely with it, as well as with local planning authorities. We rely on Natural England to carry out some of the mitigation…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank my hon. Friend very much. She is right to focus on some of the very good work that is already taking place through some individual projects I am aware are being brought…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe Secretary of State for Levelling Up tabled a written ministerial statement yesterday on the Government’s plans, but I am happy to provide an update to the House. In proposing…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillWe are, and I look forward to joining my right hon. Friend in swimming in some cleaner water very soon.05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillDEFRA Ministers have been at this Dispatch Box multiple times to update colleagues on the work that the Government are proud to do as part of the plan for water. This is the most…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI am aware that my hon. Friend represents an area with acute environmental sensitivities and he is right to raise those concerns on the Floor of the House. We work across…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe hon. Gentleman makes his points in his usual way, but without confronting the reality of the situation that affects his constituents. Of course Natural England is a Government…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillMy hon. Friend is completely right to raise the record—in his words, the shambolic record—of his local Labour-run council. What I can say to reassure him and other colleagues is…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillIt might sound very nice on the hon. Gentleman’s Facebook clip, but if he actually looks at the facts he will find it is Conservative-run councils that have, on the whole,…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillYes, we have consulted local authorities, and I make no apologies for standing up and taking action when it is needed to help small builders in particular. The diversity of the…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillMy right hon. Friend is entirely correct and I thank him for his support. We need to wait for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill to achieve Royal Assent—it must, of course,…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillWhat I take issue with in the right hon. Gentleman’s questions—plural—is his comment that we scrapped housing targets. We have done no such thing. We are committed to building 1…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorIf my hon. Friend wants to challenge me further, I will allow him.18 Jul 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq, and to respond to the debate on behalf of the Government. As is traditional, I thank the hon. Member for Stretford…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorI will not give way, if the hon. Lady does not mind, because I have a lot to get on the record. Cost of living pressures go beyond housing costs, and that is why we have taken…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorI am about to refer to my hon. Friend’s comments, if he will allow me, so he can come back to me after that. He asked about the RPC and the impact assessment. I agree with him…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorI refer my hon. Friend to my earlier remarks, which set out that we are building record numbers of houses both to buy and for rent. We will make further announcements on that…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorI briefly give way to the hon. Lady, who has been very persistent.18 Jul 2023