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HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I hope the hon. Gentleman knows, we are putting enormous emphasis on the regeneration of brownfield land. It should be a first call for all local authorities trying to deliver…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHomes for Social RentSince 2010 we have delivered more than 407,000 new affordable homes. That includes more than 293,000 affordable homes for rent, of which 135,000 are for social rent. There is…08 Apr 2019HANSARDSocial HousingOn top of our £9 billion affordable homes programme, we have reintroduced social rent, removed the housing revenue account borrowing cap and announced £2 billion of long-term…08 Apr 2019HANSARDSocial HousingThe hon. Lady identifies a significant intention of ours on planning policy, which is to put local communities of all types and in all parts of the country in control of planning.…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHousing SectorI hope that everybody in the House wants to see new build quality improve, and we will soon consult on the details of a new homes ombudsman to make it so. We are also cracking…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHousing SectorAs a constituency MP with a large amount of house building in my patch, I regularly deal with exactly the sort of problems that the right hon. Gentleman raises, and I make my…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHousing SectorMy hon. Friend is quite right to point out that Housing Ministers do not last that long, and I am certainly pushing the envelope at nine months, but I will do my best in the time…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHousing: NewcastleGiven that Newcastle is one of the two mighty northern cities that made me the person I am, the hon. Lady will understand that I am keen to see that wonderful city, where I spent…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHome OwnershipThe proportion of under-45-year-olds owning their own home was 50% in 2010-11. That fell to 42% in 2016-17, in the aftermath of the crash, but happily it has since risen to 45% in…08 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have already invested £10 million in the Chelmer Waterside development in my hon. Friend’s constituency, but she is still insatiable for more Government funding for her…08 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingThat was a remarkable example of a combination of encyclopaedic knowledge and conviction about what my hon. Friend rightly says should be not only the Government’s top domestic…28 Mar 2019HANSARD HousingMy hon. Friend is right. It is possible—although I know it is strange—for Government to do two things at the same time. Help to Buy affects a very small percentage of housing…28 Mar 2019HANSARD HousingI totally acknowledge the role that high environmental standards have to play in a sense of social justice about housing. I went to a factory run by Accord Housing, which produces…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationThe consultation asked exactly that question of whether there should be a restriction. I know my hon. Friend suggested—in the last debate and in this one—having density…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationI congratulate the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) on securing this debate, which I will call “shale 2”, as it is a repeat of the Westminster Hall debate promoted by my hon.…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationI will come to those exact issues, if the esteemed Chair of the Select Committee will give me a moment. In summer 2018, we consulted on whether permitted development rights should…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Housing Need: Shropshire, and Telford and WrekinI agree with my hon. Friend. As he will know, under the plan-making process, all local authorities have a duty to co-operate with their neighbours in seeking to allocate housing…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Housing Need: Shropshire, and Telford and WrekinI cannot comment on specific dispositions towards plans, but it sounds surprising to me that the west midlands, which is such a large area, might be short of employment land.…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Housing Need: Shropshire, and Telford and WrekinIt is a great pleasure to appear before you for the first time, Mr Owen. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard) on securing the debate. Having…26 Mar 2019HANSARDGeneral Election (Leaders’ Debate) BillNixon got them out of Vietnam.15 Mar 2019