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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is obviously a concerted attack taking place against permitted development rights, which I find distressing, given the sheer number of homes that they have produced for…04 Mar 2019HANSARDNew HomesI sincerely agree with my hon. Friend that the Government’s objective should be to create a big, wide menu of tenure options from which young people can choose at different stages…04 Mar 2019HANSARDNew HomesLast year more housing was delivered in England than in all but one of the past 31 years, but there is still much more to do, from reform of the planning system and developer…04 Mar 2019HANSARDBrownfield SitesOur national planning policies are clear about the importance of making full and efficient use of brownfield land, supported by the requirement for every authority to publish and…04 Mar 2019HANSARDBrownfield SitesThere will be no intention to leave any sod of brownfield land unturned throughout the country in our quest for space to build the homes that the next generation needs. The hon.…04 Mar 2019HANSARDNew HomesAs I hope the House knows, this Government are extremely ambitious about our environmental targets and want to push further and faster in order to achieve them. The hon. Lady is…04 Mar 2019HANSARDNew HomesMr Speaker, it will not surprise you to know that I am in constant conversation with my hon. Friend about his various ideas for the housing market from self-build to the reforms…04 Mar 2019HANSARDNew HomesI urge the hon. Lady to take care with her opinion of Help to Buy as a scheme: it is one of the few Government policies for which people actually stop me in the streets to thank…04 Mar 2019HANSARDBrownfield SitesIt was a great pleasure to spend some time with my hon. Friend and his esteemed neighbour, our hon. Friend the Member for Poole (Sir Robert Syms), at the power station site in…04 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is exactly right. The green belt should only be used in exceptional circumstances, after local authorities have demonstrated that they have exhausted all other…04 Mar 2019HANSARDGreater Manchester Spatial FrameworkI am happy to copy in all hon. Members who are present for this debate, so that they may understand how the local housing target will work. However, I urge hon. Members to…21 Feb 2019HANSARDGreater Manchester Spatial FrameworkI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for providing that clarification. Just for clarity, he is saying that he is concerned not about the number of houses that are built but about…21 Feb 2019HANSARDGreater Manchester Spatial FrameworkI am afraid that I do not have time to give way again. We must not let local authority leaders off the hook in relation to taking the sometimes difficult decisions—they are…21 Feb 2019HANSARDGreater Manchester Spatial FrameworkI want to clarify something. The hon. Gentleman said there was an inflated housing target. On a number of occasions in the main Chamber and in Westminster Hall, I have heard his…21 Feb 2019HANSARDGreater Manchester Spatial FrameworkI will attempt to comply, Mr Stringer. It is a great pleasure to appear under your wise and steady hand for the first time. I apologise for my agitation during the debate, but I…21 Feb 2019HANSARDGreater Manchester Spatial FrameworkWatch this space. I will come on to housing numbers, but I just want to finish this. The plan-making process means that there will be a further round of consultation before the…21 Feb 2019HANSARDGreater Manchester Spatial FrameworkThe original compromise lives on—21 Feb 2019HANSARDGreater Manchester Spatial FrameworkI am more than happy to write to the hon. Gentleman to set out the precise way in which the target should be taken into account. There has been a lot of misunderstanding,…21 Feb 2019HANSARDNational Planning Policy FrameworkThe national planning policy framework is fundamental to delivering the homes and other development that we need, achieving high-quality places and protecting our environment.…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019No. Back to the point: the general policy is to keep the same requirements but convert them into a UK regime. These regulations do not change the key requirements currently in…04 Feb 2019