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HANSARD Long-term Plan for HousingMy hon. Friend is a huge champion for her constituents in South Ribble. We need local plans in place. I saw when I first became an MP in North East Derbyshire, where the Labour…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Long-term Plan for HousingI believe that the Liberal Democrats have been in charge of St Albans City and District Council since 2019. That is four and a half years of opportunity to put a local plan in…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Long-term Plan for HousingMy hon. Friend is absolutely correct about the importance of older people’s housing. We are currently in the process of supporting an older people’s housing taskforce, and I look…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Long-term Plan for HousingOn my right hon. Friend’s second point—I am grateful to her for raising it—the duty to co-operate has been superseded. The point of the advisory starting point is to be very clear…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Long-term Plan for HousingI thank the Opposition spokesperson for his comments, which I will address in turn. He started by saying that this is the fourth time we have updated the guidance in the last few…19 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Keeping and Provision of Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023I hope that would be the case. The Secretary of State sees this as a priority; we are in deep conversations with the Home Office on it, and I hope that we will bring it forward as…13 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Keeping and Provision of Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Higher-Risk Buildings (Keeping and Provision of Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023. It is a pleasure to serve…13 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Keeping and Provision of Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023I am happy to write to the hon. Lady to be absolutely certain that I have understood the point. We will get officials to write to her with that information. My understanding is…13 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Keeping and Provision of Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023The hon. Lady is absolutely right to highlight that. When I speak to a number of the cladding groups, it is one of the areas that is, quite rightly, at the centre of the points…13 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Keeping and Provision of Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023I work closely with the Building Safety Regulator. Its first job is to make sure that the rough number of buildings we are expecting to register have done so. For the past couple…13 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Keeping and Provision of Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023I thank Members for all the very constructive comments and questions. Let me try to answer them in turn. The hon. Members for Weaver Vale, for Hackney South and Shoreditch, and…13 Dec 2023HANSARDPlanning: Local Energy Efficiency StandardsMy noble Friend the Under-Secretary of State (Baroness Penn) has made the following written ministerial statement: As a Government, we continue to make progress towards the net…13 Dec 2023HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillIt is a pleasure to wind up the debate after so many useful, thoughtful and detailed contributions. In that spirit, I want to spend a little time going through some of those…11 Dec 2023HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillI am very happy to look at specific issues in Committee. As the Secretary of State highlighted in his opening speech, if there are areas where we can improve the Bill, we will be…11 Dec 2023HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform Billindicated assent .11 Dec 2023HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillWe are looking at what may be possible. We recognise that, while the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has brought forward a very solid prospectus,…11 Dec 2023HANSARD Housing Availability: IlfracombeLet me start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) for the opportunity to debate these important issues, as it is vital that Members have the…11 Dec 2023HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillThat is our intention, yes. We have had a good debate today, which I hope—indeed, I know—will start the passage of this important Bill into law and lead to a better system for…11 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend was a driving force behind that code of practice, and we are monitoring it actively. Anecdotally I am seeing fewer issues, although there are still some. I would be…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLand Use: Renewable Energy GenerationI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. He might like to write to me, or I am happy to speak to him separately in order to understand the issue, and either I or my…04 Dec 2023