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HANSARDNew HomesI withdraw the word “gangster”, Mr Speaker; I should have said “huckster”. I will tell the hon. Lady who has downgraded their social housing targets: it is the hon. Lady herself.…16 Oct 2023HANSARDNew HomesWe have announced £10 billion of investment in housing supply since the start of this Parliament, and we are also investing £11.5 billion in the latest affordable homes programme…16 Oct 2023HANSARDSocial Housing: Accountability to TenantsWe are taking action to improve the quality of social housing. The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, which received Royal Assent in July, will deliver transformative change…16 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling Up across the UKLevelling up is a UK-wide project. That is why we have delivered city and growth deals across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; why we have launched our investment zones…16 Oct 2023HANSARDNew HomesThe significant increase in the affordable homes programme that I outlined earlier is the means for that to be done, but the difference between us is that we have a target for…16 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling Up across the UKIt is a very fair point, and absolutely, on the Government side of the House, we understand that rural communities need additional investment, not least when it comes to the cost…16 Oct 2023HANSARDBrownfield Land: DevelopmentMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point. If her local authority has an up-to-date plan, that is the best protection against speculative development. If, however, a local…16 Oct 2023HANSARDBrownfield Land: DevelopmentThe Government strongly encourage the reuse of suitable brownfield land. Our national planning policy framework makes it clear that local authorities should give substantial…16 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are committed to introducing our Renters (Reform) Bill, which will end section 21—something that, when Labour were in government, it did not do.16 Oct 2023HANSARDBrownfield Land: DevelopmentThe hon. Gentleman is a man of independent mind, and he is straying from Front-Bench policy by decreeing me a man of intelligence—that is not the official Labour party position on…16 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is a good question; I liked it even better when the hon. Member for Westminster North (Ms Buck) asked it. As I explained, we will be bringing forward our legislation shortly.16 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is because we spend our money effectively. The affordable homes programme—the £11.5 billion investment that we are making—will lead, and has led, to investment in social and…16 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsEither I or one of my junior Ministers will join my hon. Friend in Gillingham.16 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, we are bringing reform to the rental market, but I note that at her own party conference the right hon. Lady shared with the public not just her policies but her recipe for a…16 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling Up across the UKAbsolutely. The vital role that our creative industries play across the United Kingdom in levelling up is one we need to not just protect, but enhance.16 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe infrastructure levy that we are bringing forward will ensure, through the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, that the money is there to provide services when new development…16 Oct 2023HANSARDSocial Housing: Accountability to TenantsYes, those residents absolutely do have somewhere to go. My hon. Friend, the excellent Member of Parliament for Carshalton and Wallington, stands up not just for his constituents,…16 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling Up across the UKI simply cannot believe that there are any pockets of deprivation in Lichfield, given who has been representing that constituency since 1992. The idea that there is any home…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Birmingham City CouncilI know that the Minister for Local Government, the Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, my hon. Friend the Member for North East Derbyshire (Lee…19 Sept 2023HANSARD Birmingham City CouncilI am grateful to the hon. Lady for that and I had the great privilege of visiting Bath recently to look at a housing development. Just as some Labour councils are good, I believe…19 Sept 2023