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HANSARDHousebuildingI am not going to get into what will and will not be in the NPPF at this time. What I can say about government support for SMEs is what we are doing at the moment. We have…07 Jun 2023HANSARDHousebuildingMy Lords, we are continuing to work towards our ambition of delivering 300,000 homes a year. This has always been a stretching ambition, and we have made strong progress: the…07 Jun 2023HANSARDHousebuildingMy Lords, I will start at the end. The proposed changes to the planning system set out in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill are designed to support more areas to get an…07 Jun 2023HANSARDHousebuildingThe Government’s view is that we need to deliver 300,000 houses per year by the middle of 2025. The noble Lord is right that we then need to look again at those numbers. The key…07 Jun 2023HANSARDHousebuildingThe noble Baroness has been involved in some of the Committee sessions of the levelling-up Bill, and she will know that we are looking at hope value and land prices. The…07 Jun 2023HANSARDHousebuildingThe Government need to look at all opportunities for housebuilding but we have to look at brownfield land first, before agricultural land.07 Jun 2023HANSARDHousebuildingI absolutely agree with the noble Lord, and this Government are committed to supporting home ownership and first-time buyers. Since spring 2010, more than 837,000 households have…07 Jun 2023HANSARDHousebuildingMy noble friend is right: it takes a whole government, and many departments of government, to ensure that we have housing supply. DLUHC and the Housing Minister cannot do it on…07 Jun 2023HANSARDHouses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 30 March be approved. Relevant document: 37th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (s pecial attention…25 May 2023HANSARDWindrush Generation: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, we expect Windrush Day 2023 to be a bigger national event than any year to date. In January, the Government announced that they are increasing this year’s Windrush Day…24 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill24 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am glad to address the important issue of no-fault evictions in response to Amendment 492 from the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage. The Government strongly…24 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill24 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, first, I thank the right reverend prelate the Bishop of Bristol, my noble friend Lord Cormack and the noble Lords, Lord Best and Lord Scriven, for raising these…24 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill24 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI am pretty sure the noble Lord opposite knows that I will not say anything further today, apart from the fact that we have had many talks with the National Association of Local…24 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill24 May 2023HANSARDWindrush Generation: 75th AnniversaryYes, my noble friend is right: it is an issue and a problem. I will make sure that the Home Office is working on it and we will give him an update.24 May 2023HANSARDWindrush Generation: 75th AnniversaryThat should be discussed and decided by the Department for Education; but now, when we are celebrating the wonderful part that the Windrush generation has played in our society,…24 May 2023HANSARDWindrush Generation: 75th AnniversaryAs I said in a previous answer, we will not be implementing those three recommendations. I probably have not got time to address here how far we have got with the other…24 May 2023