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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank all noble Lords for this wide-ranging, very productive and comprehensive debate. With over 60 contributions made, I am obviously not going to be able to reply in detail to…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI understand exactly the point the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, is making and there are measures in the Bill which will ease that pressure. We are looking at stat cons and how that…25 Jun 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillThat the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 3, Schedule 1, Clauses 4 to 30, Schedule 2, Clauses 31 to 74, Schedule…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPlanning: Energy Efficiency and Fire SafetyI thank my noble friend for making that point so powerfully. We all know how urgent this work is. Retrofit work in support of decarbonisation must comply with building…23 Jun 2025HANSARDPlanning: Energy Efficiency and Fire SafetyI understand the question the noble Lord is asking. I remind the House that 0.1% of the country has solar farms. I understand that that is not the question he was asking, but it…23 Jun 2025HANSARDPlanning: Energy Efficiency and Fire SafetyI am sure that the noble Lord paid full attention to the remediation action plan that the Government published, and we want to move this forward as quickly as possible as there is…23 Jun 2025HANSARDPlanning: Energy Efficiency and Fire SafetyMy Lords, I welcome my noble friend’s expertise to help with some of these issues as we debate our planning for the future. She raises valid and important points. All new homes…23 Jun 2025HANSARDPlanning: Energy Efficiency and Fire SafetyWe are working very closely with leaseholder bodies to understand their issues. I understand the difficulties, and we are making sure that those responsible for the buildings are…23 Jun 2025HANSARDPlanning: Energy Efficiency and Fire SafetyI do not know if the noble Lord was in the Chamber when I spoke about this last week, but we are aware of the building safety regulator’s difficulties. We have put in additional…23 Jun 2025HANSARDPlanning: Energy Efficiency and Fire SafetyAs this is incorporated into the planning process, it will become part of how planning is done so that it will be put in from the outset. We will accelerate the specific types of…23 Jun 2025HANSARDPlanning: Energy Efficiency and Fire SafetyMy noble friend is quite right. We will bring forward the future homes standard in the autumn—we are consulting on it at the moment—which will ensure that new homes are net-zero…23 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial HousingI am grateful to my noble friend for her warm reception for the announcement made at the spending review, and to the many social housing bodies that have echoed her words. We will…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial HousingMy Lords, I was delighted that in the spending review last week the Government were able to provide the biggest boost to social and affordable housing investment in a generation.…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial HousingI thank my noble friend. Of course I would say this, but local government is absolutely critical to delivering the new, generational change in the number of social homes being…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial HousingThat is an important question, and we will see answers on the various specialist housing provisions in the housing strategy, which will be published later this year. The noble…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial HousingOn the second part of the noble Baroness’s question, we are working on how we will deliver the split between affordable and social housing. Of course, both are important to the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial HousingI am pleased to be able to tell the noble Lord that we have a £600 million package for construction skills. We set up the Construction Skills Mission Board under the very able…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial HousingI am glad that the noble Lord asked me that question, because regulators fall into my part of the departmental responsibilities. I am very aware of the concerns about the impact…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChinese Embassy DevelopmentThe noble Lord raises a number of points and I have heard him speak many times on these issues to my colleagues from the FCDO. The Government stand firm on human rights, including…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChinese Embassy DevelopmentNational security is, of course, the first duty of government more generally. On the specifics of the case, the inspector’s report will consider the application against all the…12 Jun 2025