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HANSARDLooked-after Children: AccommodationI, with the support of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education, wish to set out the Government’s commitment to support the development of accommodation for…23 May 2023HANSARDShort-term Holiday Lets: PlanningWe need much more time to debate that issue, but I reject the hon. Gentleman’s contention. I suggest that he looks to his own party’s record in office in Wales, as I have already…23 May 2023HANSARDShort-term Holiday Lets: PlanningI do not believe I have time to give way, because I must allow my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay time to wind up. Unless the Opposition spokesperson can do it in 20…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformIf Members will forgive me, I am attempting to answer the questions they have already asked me, but I will give way briefly to the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston…23 May 2023HANSARDShort-term Holiday Lets: PlanningIt is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dame Caroline, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster) for introducing this vital debate. It is a credit to…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformIt is a pleasure to wind up this wide-ranging and impassioned debate on behalf of the Government. We have heard from Members across the House of the challenges inherent in the…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformI do not have much time, and I have a lot to get through, so I hope the hon. Gentleman will allow me to answer the questions asked by him and his colleagues. The first point to…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformI wanted to thank my colleagues on the Government Benches—it is a courtesy of the House that we do so, and unfortunately, they were not thanked by the hon. Member for Greenwich…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformA false premise. It hinges on media speculation, as the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Matthew Pennycook) set out. I want to be very clear that there has been no U-turn,…23 May 2023HANSARD Houses in Multiple Occupation: ApprovalWhat a pleasure it is to see you in your place, Mr Deputy Speaker. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Broxtowe (Darren Henry) for securing this important debate. It is also a…16 May 2023HANSARD Houses in Multiple Occupation: ApprovalI thank my hon. Friend for sharing her experience. She will appreciate that I am not able to comment on a specific planning determination in her area, but she is right to…16 May 2023HANSARD Houses in Multiple Occupation: ApprovalI thank my hon. Friend for bringing his residents’ concerns to the Floor of the House. Of course, he will appreciate that I am not able to comment on the specific circumstances…16 May 2023HANSARD Small and Medium-sized House BuildersIt is a great pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Robertson. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton South (Andrew Lewer) who, in his customary fashion, has…10 May 2023HANSARD Voter IDI thank the hon. Gentleman for his forensic scrutiny, as we would expect from the Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee. I will make a couple of basic…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Voter IDI thank the hon. Gentleman. He is probably the only Member of this House who has real experience of the system working.27 Apr 2023HANSARD Voter IDI thank my hon. Friend for the question and encourage all of her constituents, from whatever age group, to go to the polling station. There is a long list of valid forms of photo…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Voter IDThank you, Mr Speaker. I will make a couple of points. First, the hon. Gentleman asked whether the Electoral Commission has been directed by the Government. That is not the case.…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Voter IDI stand corrected by the hon. Gentleman who is speaking from a sedentary position. The hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) is the only such Member I can see in front of me,…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Voter IDThe hon. Gentleman’s comments do him no credit. I will directly address the remarks about the Norfolk leaflet. The people responsible apologised straightaway. It went through, I…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Voter IDIt is vital that we keep our democracy secure. This Government stood on a manifesto commitment not only to protect the integrity of our elections but to enhance it. On that basis,…27 Apr 2023