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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour for making that important point. He represents a beautiful part of east Berkshire, and it is important that we maintain…29 Nov 2021HANSARDPlanning (Street Plans) BillI know how prone so many communities in the East Riding are to flooding. It is vital that we balance the need for new housing with making sure that there is appropriate…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think that the Vagrancy Act has to go. We do need appropriate legislation to deal with examples of aggressive begging, but the most important thing to recognise is that the work…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsCulture is absolutely vital to levelling up. One thing I was discussing with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport earlier today was…29 Nov 2021HANSARDFire Safety Remediation: Protection for LeaseholdersMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. In arriving in this role, I was struck by two things. The first was the combination of circumstances that come so unfairly on to the…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, I really do have to come back before Christmas with proposals. I cannot promise at this stage that they will relieve the burden on every leaseholder of every obligation, but…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do share that view, and our affordable homes programme will be part of making good on our commitment to more and better social housing. I look forward to working with the new…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point, which emphasises the need for us to make sure that affordable housing is available for those in communities who are the vital workers—the…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes. I take this incredibly seriously. The right hon. Gentleman’s office may have already been in touch with the Department, but if it can be in touch with my private office…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would hate to be a developer facing my hon. Friend. When it comes to these speculative and ill-thought-out planning applications, developers had better put on their armour…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would challenge the hon. Gentleman’s arithmetic, but I know time is short. All I will say is that when I visited Merthyr Tydfil and Pontypridd less than a fortnight ago there…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI could not agree more with the hon. Lady. The Post Office is a marvellous UK-wide institution, and the universal service obligation ensures that everyone across the United…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsConspiracy theories are all the rage these days, but I have to say that the hon. Gentleman should be above all that. He has a number of important constituency issues that I long…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLiverpool City Council: Commissioners' First ReportOn 10 June 2021 the then Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, my right hon. Friend the Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick), updated the House that he…25 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutionsindicated assent .01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The record must show that fracking was banned in the UK, but that it was the right hon. Gentleman who removed that ban because he was…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutionsrose —01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe right hon. Gentleman boasted that he had deceived members of the Cabinet, raising questions, inevitably, about the reliability of any Liberal Democrat promise. In 2013, he…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: those pilots have been successful. One thing we want to do is make sure we can apply their success more broadly, and further announcements will…01 Nov 2021