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HANSARDLevelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesYet already, almost 60,000 homeowners have peace of mind that remediation is complete, and a further 300,000 dwellings are well on the way to the same. [ Official Report , 26…15 Apr 2024HANSARDLevelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesYet already, almost 60,000 homeowners have peace of mind that remediation is complete, and a further 180,000 dwellings are well on the way to the same.15 Apr 2024HANSARD Building SafetyI am grateful for the question. On my hon. Friend’s first point, there are 11 buildings that have not started or finished their ACM remediation. One is not occupied. Of the…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Building SafetyI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for highlighting the inherent challenges that may feature in processes that involve a lot of actors, a lot of complexity and often a lot…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Building SafetyThe first thing we need to do is bring greater transparency to service charges, which is what we are trying to do through the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. Assuming that…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Building SafetyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments. He has had a long-standing interest in this issue and in leasehold on a broader basis. He is absolutely right to highlight the…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Building SafetyWith the greatest respect, I do not think it does beggar belief that a line has been drawn at 11 metres. [Interruption.] The hon. Lady is chuntering from a sedentary position; I…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Building SafetyI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments. I welcome the elements of his remarks that confirm that we are making progress. I will comment on some of the others in a…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Building SafetyI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for highlighting this issue, and I am also grateful for the meeting that he arranged with the representative of the leaseholders and the…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Building SafetyMy hon. Friend is right to say that the work that has been put into the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, and the measures that we have introduced in it, will be transformative…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Building SafetyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising the matter of low-rise blocks. According to the evidence that the Department has seen when looking at properties less than 11 metres…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Building SafetyWith permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the continuing work to fix buildings with unsafe cladding across England, and the Government’s increasing…26 Mar 2024HANSARDNationally Significant Infrastructure ProjectsBuilding the next generation of road, rail and energy projects will be the cornerstone of the United Kingdom’s future success. New infrastructure transforms communities, cuts…07 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point about making sure that we strike the right balance. We have brought forward significant reforms in the Bill, but I am happy to continue to…04 Mar 2024HANSARDPrivate RoadsWith the best will in the world, the CMA report was published a few days ago, and the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill had been progressing through the House for a number of…04 Mar 2024HANSARDPrivate RoadsThe adoption of roads is largely an issue for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport, who leads on that policy, but I know—because we have spoken about this in…04 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs a Government, we continue to bring forward as many interventions as we can to support young people to get on the housing ladder. Some 800,000 first-time buyers have managed to…04 Mar 2024HANSARD Leasehold Reform and New HomesI will happily give way to the hon. Gentleman; I hope he is about to agree with me about the necessity of banning only very proportionately.28 Feb 2024HANSARD Leasehold Reform and New HomesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I thank all the Members who have contributed to the debate and those who are listening to it. The fact that we are…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Leasehold Reform and New HomesI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. He and I have an active discussion about this, and possibly a slight difference of opinion about the potential impact of what…28 Feb 2024