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HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentMy Lords, I do not recognise that you can discharge your responsibility. That is almost describing a bung—I do not think that happens. If there is an affordable housing…21 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentI do not recognise the cataclysmic drop since the pandemic. We hit a record number, as I pointed out, in 2020-21; there was a slight falling back, but all our internal assessments…21 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentMy Lords, there is a real commitment to build more social housing, including more affordable housing. As the noble Baroness knows, the programme is for some £11.5 billion, with a…21 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentI recognise that we cannot look at housing in isolation; we need to get investment in the infrastructure and other factors to allow for growth. It is a good start to have had a…21 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentMy Lords, I recognise that this has been a very welcoming country. We have welcomed refugees from Afghanistan and there has been the very successful programme of welcoming British…21 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentMy noble friend is right that there has been a recent report by the CITB, but I point out that that shortfall is for the whole of the construction industry, not just housing. We…21 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentDelivering new homes and regenerating left-behind communities are central to our levelling-up mission and we remain committed to our ambition of delivering 300,000 homes a year.…21 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentMy Lords, we can prima facie assess that 2 million people chose to buy their own council home and are now homeowners as a result. We make no apology for that. We want to make sure…21 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentMy Lords, we recognise that in order to meet our net-zero commitment we need to implement the future homes standard, which comes in, I believe, in 2025. Building regulations will…21 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentI think we need to find ways of coming up with new town projects but to do that we need the infrastructure, the transport, the roads and the rail, and that is why we recognise…21 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentI can give an assurance that the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill recognises the role of building more housing, including more affordable housing. We are trying to ensure that…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLeasehold Reform: Forfeiture ProvisionsMy Lords, I reassure the House that, as the Minister with responsibility for leaseholds, I engage regularly with campaign groups, including the National Leasehold Campaign, and,…20 Jun 2022HANSARDLeasehold Reform: Forfeiture ProvisionsMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for raising that. I am conscious of that way of starting the process; when you get the Bill written, pre-legislative scrutiny is a good way of…20 Jun 2022HANSARDLeasehold Reform: Forfeiture ProvisionsI thank my noble friend for once again underlining that, when we reform landlord and tenant law, we need get the balance of interests right. As a Government, we have committed to…20 Jun 2022HANSARDLeasehold Reform: Forfeiture ProvisionsMy Lords, I declare my residential and commercial property interests as set out in the register. The Government believe that forfeiture is an extreme measure which should be used…20 Jun 2022HANSARDLeasehold Reform: Forfeiture ProvisionsI thank the noble Lord for some exciting policy ideas. It is important that we recognise that forfeiture is a very lengthy process, and there are ways in which we can cover debt.…20 Jun 2022HANSARDLeasehold Reform: Forfeiture ProvisionsOnce again, the noble Baroness is right that we need to sort out some of the practices that we see among managing agents. We are still considering how to take forward the…20 Jun 2022HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorMy Lords, I thank the Opposition and Liberal Democrat Front Benches for a constructive critique of this important Statement. There is a recognition on all sides of the House that…20 Jun 2022HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorI am not aware that we have undertaken a specific study on the impact of Airbnb on the private rented sector. However, we have a clear mission within the levelling-up White Paper…20 Jun 2022HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorMy Lords, the noble Baroness asks a difficult question. However, I have been encouraged, whenever I cannot directly answer a question, to say that my honourable friend the…20 Jun 2022