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HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025
Draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment etc.) (England) Regulations 2025I draw the Committee’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests that I am a local councillor. Given what the Minister has outlined, will he give us a…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and she is right that infrastructure must come first. I will come on later in my speech to the fact that there is nothing in this Bill to…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillCan the Secretary of State outline what powers in the Bill she will use to take on developers and make sure that they build based on the planning permissions they already have?24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure Billrose —24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wish to seek your advice. I have just been cited as saying something in my speech that I did not say. I was merely talking about…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI know my hon. Friend is a passionate advocate for urban design, and he makes an important point. Of course we must invest in urban design, because it is the council—and MPs…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI refer hon. Members to my entry in the register of interests. At his first Prime Minister’s Question Time in July last year, I asked the Prime Minister to reassure my…24 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentWill the Minister give way?19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentThe hon. Member makes a point that he is passionate about, but I do not agree with him. We need to produce more of our energy here at home, rather than relying on imports. That is…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentMy hon. Friend makes an important point. What the Government could do to lower energy bills is to secure North sea oil and gas investment in this country, so that we produce here…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentNo, I will not give way. The Government got elected on a manifesto. Within eight months, they have introduced significant policies that were not in that manifesto, including the…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentWhen I was out on the doorsteps during the general election campaign—as I am sure every Member of this House was—I spoke to my electorate in Broxbourne. They said, “Look, Lewis,…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentLast July, the hon. Lady stood on an election manifesto that did not include the removal of winter fuel payments to pensioners. Is she proud of the fact that she was elected on a…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentDoes the Minister not agree that it is the hypocrisy from the Labour party, which did not include this policy in its manifesto at the general election?19 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesMy constituents are confused about the Justice Secretary’s position. She says she believes that these sentencing guidelines are wrong in principle, and that they amount to…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Anti-social Behaviour: East of EnglandThe Minister mentions a multi-agency approach. I think the public get frustrated with us when we have meeting after meeting about the same issue. What assurances can she give us…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Anti-social Behaviour: East of EnglandI remind the hon. Member that the last Conservative Government recruited 20,000 police officers across the country and the only force not to meet that target was the Metropolitan…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Anti-social Behaviour: East of EnglandDoes the hon. Member agree that when police set up patrols to catch people who speed, the news quickly gets on to apps to tell people coming down the road that there is a…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. The Government say that foreign national offenders make up 12% of the prison population. Can the Secretary of State tell me when that number will be zero?11 Mar 2025HANSARD Anti-social Behaviour: East of EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate the hon. Member for Norwich North (Alice Macdonald) on securing this important debate this afternoon.…11 Mar 2025