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HANSARDBuilding SafetyI thank the Chairman of the Select Committee for his questions. I note his apology for not being able to be there to cross examine my hon. Friend the Minister for local government…14 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding SafetyThe hon. Lady makes a very important point. In the legislation, there is a category of non-qualifying leaseholders: people who have more than one property. [Official Report, 27…14 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding SafetyYes. The hon. Gentleman makes a very important point, and he is absolutely right: co-operation between councils, between the UK Government and local authorities in devolved areas,…14 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding SafetyThis is a sad note on which to come to the conclusion of the statement, because Galliard is one of the companies that has been the most recalcitrant throughout, and I sympathise…14 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding SafetyWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to update the House on the progress the Government have made in securing commitments from developers to remediate…14 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding SafetyI am grateful to the hon. Lady for the thoughtful and detailed way in which she has responded to the announcement, and for the support from her and colleagues across the House for…14 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding SafetyWell, quite. I know that they will show endeavour in asking the right questions. On remediation standards, I do not believe it is the case that the developers are being held to…14 Mar 2023HANSARDPlanning System ConsultationsToday I have launched two formal consultations on proposals to improve the planning system to support measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. Planning fees Planning…28 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is actually a very fair and constructive point. Making sure that there are not just banking facilities, but the kinds of guarantees that the hon. Lady asks for, is something…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady’s point is very similar to that made earlier by the hon. Member for Vauxhall (Florence Eshalomi), and my answer is also very similar: we need to work with the Mayor…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI say, “Vote Conservative,” because with a Conservative MP such as my hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Simon Jupp), you have an effective advocate who can work with central…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, as I mentioned earlier, the reason that money has gone to the Prime Minister’s constituency is that it is going to help service families who do so much in order to make…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do, and our new infrastructure levy in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill is designed to do just that. I look forward to working with my hon. Friend and with the new…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is the case that at the last spending review, we secured a significant increase in local government spending, and as my hon. Friend the Member for North East Derbyshire pointed…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will have to look closely at that. It is rare that Warwickshire gets things wrong, in my experience, but my hon. Friend seems to have identified an anomaly that stands in the…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me look into the specifics of any individual case. It should be the case, however—as the conversations that the Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not need to badger the Chancellor; we are not just constituency neighbours, but brothers from different mothers. More than that, the newly appointed Minister of State,…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere are challenges in the private rented sector and with housing supply everywhere. I would say two things: first, we need to work together to unlock additional supply, which is…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsStaffordshire’s police and crime commissioner is certainly moving in the right direction, as is Staffordshire police, supported ably by my hon. Friend and others such as my hon.…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI could not agree more that the north-east is on the up. Newcastle and Sunderland are doing well in footballing terms, but even better in political terms, thanks to the leadership…20 Feb 2023