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HANSARDBuilding Out Extant Planning PermissionsI cannot agree. I am giving the hon. Gentleman figures that show that waiting lists have come down by 40%, that we have the highest number of first-time buyers in a decade, and…30 Oct 2019HANSARDBuilding Out Extant Planning PermissionsWhat I will say is that we are still on the way to our target of building up to 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s. We have been building more; as I said clearly, we built more…30 Oct 2019HANSARDBuilding Out Extant Planning PermissionsThe right hon. Lady is quite right. So many people have said what a support the right to buy was. That is key for the Conservative party: how do we help people to achieve what…30 Oct 2019HANSARDBuilding Out Extant Planning PermissionsThere are many life stories, and the hon. Gentleman may well be right that sometimes, for whatever reason, people might not have stayed in the home that they bought. People do not…30 Oct 2019HANSARDBuilding Out Extant Planning PermissionsThe right hon. Lady is spot on; people do want to be given the opportunity to buy their home. She is also correct that we need to build more homes, to continue that cycle—to…30 Oct 2019HANSARDBuilding Out Extant Planning PermissionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship now, Mr Davies. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Guildford (Anne Milton) on securing this debate on building out extant…30 Oct 2019HANSARDBuilding Out Extant Planning PermissionsAs we look at what is in the local plan, we will ask how we need to build it out. I mentioned that there will be carrots and sticks, but we have to make sure that it is feasible…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Leasehold and Commonhold ReformMy hon. Friend makes a good point. We should and will lay the matter down as a written statement. Everyone, across the House, appreciates that there is bad practice. Where bad…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Leasehold and Commonhold ReformEverybody here can agree that is wrong, but it is about the steps that we will have to take to get the situation under control. We are looking at help for existing leaseholders,…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Leasehold and Commonhold ReformI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Worthing West (Sir Peter Bottomley) on securing today’s debate on the progress of leasehold and commonhold reform. He is a determined…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Leasehold and Commonhold ReformI will indeed meet the right hon. Gentleman and a delegation of fellow MPs. I did not realise he was such a good reader of body language, but he is quite right. The cases raised…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Leasehold and Commonhold ReformWe are indeed looking at a much simpler model that people can understand and make sense of, and at how to make it easier, smoother and quicker to do. We have also made sure that…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Leasehold and Commonhold ReformAll the ideas that have come forward are being looked at to figure out what the way forward will be. That may well be something that ends up happening. At the moment, I cannot…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Leasehold and Commonhold ReformThe hon. Gentleman makes a fair point; I will come to it later in my speech. No doubt, he realises that with leaseholds dating back a long time, there are legalities to unpick,…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Leasehold and Commonhold ReformI shall come to that later, but the hon. Gentleman will know as well as I do, I hope, that that is looked at and where it can be proved that something wrong and unlawful has been…02 Oct 2019HANSARD British House Building IndustryI thank the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) for bringing the debate to the Floor of the House and I thank everyone who has contributed to it. There has been…05 Sept 2019HANSARD British House Building IndustryI did understand what my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk was talking about. He talked about the £24 billion that was going into housing benefit and asked how we could…05 Sept 2019HANSARD British House Building IndustryMy hon. Friend will not be surprised to hear that that is exactly what we intend to do. How do we enable people to get on the housing ladder and to be homeowners in an array of…05 Sept 2019HANSARD British House Building IndustryThrough an array of support. Obviously, I have been heartened by the fact that first-time ownership has increased for the first time in 11 years. People are getting on the housing…05 Sept 2019HANSARD British House Building IndustryWe are and will be building more affordable homes. We have put in a significant amount—billions of pounds—for affordable homes and have also removed the cap so councils are able…05 Sept 2019