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HANSARDArchitects Act 1997 (Swiss Qualifications) (amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019indicated assent.09 May 2019HANSARDArchitects Act 1997 (Swiss Qualifications) (amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am coming to that. If the hon. Gentleman will bear with me, I will explain the effect of the instrument. The policy intention is to provide the sector with confidence that…09 May 2019HANSARD New Town in EssexI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West (Sir David Amess) on securing this important debate on new towns in Essex. He is a particularly effective campaigner for…02 May 2019HANSARD Private Tower Blocks: Removal of CladdingAs I have explained on numerous occasions, my primary concern, while waiting for the work to be undertaken, is to make sure that interim measures are in place in every affected…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Private Tower Blocks: Removal of CladdingThe hon. Lady should be under no illusion as to the amount of effort, time and commitment we are putting in to resolve this issue. There are meetings, both individual and…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Private Tower Blocks: Removal of CladdingGiven the seriousness of the debate, I will give way again.29 Apr 2019HANSARD Private Tower Blocks: Removal of CladdingI do not seek to use any kind of delaying tactic. I cannot give the hon. Lady a specific answer tonight, but I can say, as I said earlier, that conversations are ongoing across…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Private Tower Blocks: Removal of CladdingI am grateful to my hon. Friend. If he will bear with me, I will come on to some of those issues in my speech. If I have not addressed them by the end, he can by all means…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Private Tower Blocks: Removal of CladdingI commend the hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Rushanara Ali) for securing this important debate. She has written to me on several occasions about this issue, and I…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Private Tower Blocks: Removal of CladdingThe hon. Gentleman is quite right to press me, as is my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake). I am not able to say tonight what specific measures are…29 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingAs I hope the hon. Gentleman knows, we lifted the borrowing cap on local councils so they can now borrow to build a generation of new homes. We have opened up the affordable homes…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingI beg to move, That this House has considered housing. As we forge a new relationship with the European Union, building the homes our country needs is a mission more important…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingAs I was saying, a home speaks directly to your hopes and dreams and gives your children a good start in life. It is about moving to take up a better job and anchoring yourself in…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingNo. In addition to our affordable homes guarantee scheme, which gives £3 billion of guaranteed support, making it cheaper and easier for housing associations to raise funds and…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingMy right hon. Friend, with his usual wisdom, has prefaced the part of my speech I am moving on to. He is quite right: we believe that modern methods of construction hold enormous…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingSadly, I cannot quite confirm that. We are very close to completing the rehousing of everybody who was involved in the Grenfell Tower fire. At the moment, the numbers remaining…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingWe have made a commitment to review the implementation of the permitted development rights policy. However, alongside that, I urge local authorities to use the maximum power…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingMy hon. Friend has raised this issue with me a number of times. I am keen to promote it with him. Will he meet me to discuss how we might promote it to councils?09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingI accept that we need to build a hell of a lot more homes of all types and that is exactly what we are trying to do. We are in the process of creating a situation where everyone…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingThe hon. Lady raises an issue that, in certain parts of the country—including in my constituency —can have an impact, albeit that I think it is sometimes overstated. Having said…09 Apr 2019