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HANSARD Housing Infrastructure: EssexIt is a huge pleasure to respond to my former colleague in the Home Office, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witham (Priti Patel), and if you will indulge me for one moment, Dr…21 Jun 2023HANSARD Housing: RhonddaIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey, although I have not had the pleasure of serving in the youth theatre either with you or with the hon. Member for…21 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend very much. He represents a new town, as I do—I am very proud to represent the new town of Redditch. We are absolutely committed to building the right houses…05 Jun 2023HANSARDSocial Rented Housing ProvisionI would like to gently correct the assertion that the hon. Lady made about watering down housing targets. The Government are committed to building 300,000 houses across the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDShort and Long-term RentalsMy hon. Friend is right to highlight the Government’s progress on all the work we are doing to be fair, not only to landlords, but to tenants, who have suffered some appalling…05 Jun 2023HANSARDShort and Long-term RentalsWe are consulting on a registration scheme for short-term lets and on the introduction of a short-term let use class and associated permitted development rights. Those changes…05 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyIt is a pleasure to respond on behalf of the Government. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) for securing this important debate. It is a…05 Jun 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformI thank my hon. Friend for his question. Obviously, as a Minister at the Dispatch Box today, I cannot pre-empt what is in the King’s Speech, but I am sure that my hon. Friend will…05 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing Supplyindicated assent .05 Jun 2023HANSARDAwaab’s Law: Private Rented SectorThe hon. Lady highlights the problem of homelessness, which, of course, the Government take extremely seriously. I point out to the Opposition that we have already introduced the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDAwaab’s Law: Private Rented SectorI think the whole House is united in expressing our sincere sympathies about the tragedy that occurred in the case of Awaab Ishak. It is completely wrong that people are living in…05 Jun 2023HANSARDAwaab’s Law: Private Rented SectorAny preventable death of a child is heartbreaking. Awaab’s law will require social landlords to remedy hazardous conditions quickly. For private rentals, we have given councils…05 Jun 2023HANSARDSocial Rented Housing ProvisionThe Government are committed to increasing affordable housing of all kinds, which is why we are investing £11.5 billion, through the affordable homes programme, to deliver tens of…05 Jun 2023HANSARDHouse Building: Densification of Urban AreasThe hon. Lady is quite right: not just in Bristol, but across the country, pressures on infrastructure are one reason why communities sometimes have concerns about new housing…05 Jun 2023HANSARDHouse Building: Densification of Urban AreasI thank my hon. Friend for his determination in bringing forward this innovative measure, which will enable the Government to meet their ambition of delivering the houses that are…05 Jun 2023HANSARDHouse Building: Densification of Urban AreasWe are committed to ensuring that the planning system promotes the efficient use of land and creates more well-designed places in collaboration with local people. We are…05 Jun 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformIt is right to point out to the hon. Lady that, since the Government’s announcement in December 2017 that we would ban the sale of leasehold houses, the number of newbuild…05 Jun 2023HANSARDShort and Long-term RentalsThe hon. Gentleman has set out clearly the reason why the Government are taking these significant steps to make sure that we get the balance right between tourists visiting an…05 Jun 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformThe hon. Gentleman will remember I am sure the detailed debate that we had on this very issue where we dug into many questions that he and many others asked. I have given my…05 Jun 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformYes, my hon. Friend is absolutely right and I thank her for bringing the concerns of her residents to the Floor of the House. We are determined to reform this system. It is a…05 Jun 2023