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HANSARDPlanning ReformI will say two things to the right hon. Gentleman. First, the draft framework we have published today continues to provide the protections for agricultural land that are in place…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformIt is wrong to say that this is an area that we are overlooking. I refer the hon. Member to a working paper that sets out a series of proposals to get build-out transparency and…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformI was very clear that there is more that needs to be done to transform the failing housing system we inherited from the Conservatives. We need greater focus on reform and…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformI refer the hon. Lady to the comments I have already made on how the new draft framework further consolidates and strengthens the expectations around infrastructure provision.…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformThere are real challenges with housing delivery. I refer the hon. Lady to the proposals on build-out generally that we have outlined and sought feedback on. She is absolutely…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformI have a lot of time for the hon. Gentleman. It sounds to me—I may be guessing here—that he has a specific constituency matter that he might like to discuss with me, and I would…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and he is one of a number of hon. Members on both sides of the House who have called for greater support for swift bricks, which we recognise…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning Reform: Next PhaseEngland remains in the grip of a housing crisis that is both acute and entrenched. The detrimental consequences of this disastrous state of affairs are now all pervasive: a…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Points of OrderFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. It sounds like there was an error made by the Department, and for that I sincerely apologise. I will discuss this with…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformWe want to see more community input, particularly upstream in the development of local plans. The Government are committed to driving local plans to adoption; we want to see…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformThe hon. Gentleman and I have had this discussion, or variants of it, many times. We have a slight difference of opinion over the role of housing targets; I think they are…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformI am more than happy to clarify and provide a bit more detail, which will hopefully reassure the hon. Lady. Through the changes we have made in explicitly recognising chalk…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformThe second half of my statement—I hope my hon. Friend will have noticed—is a series of measures, interventions, policy and regulatory easements to get small and medium-sized house…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformThe right hon. Gentleman rightly draws attention to the potential to do more on voids and on empty homes more generally, although councils already have quite significant powers to…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformI have never pitted, and I will not pit, development against the environment. This Government have sought a win-win for both, which is precisely what part 3 of the Planning and…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformWe do want to provide greater protection for our precious chalk streams, which is why we have included explicit recognition of them in the framework. As I said in a previous…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformAs I have said to other hon. Members in the past, housing targets, under the new standard method we have introduced, will increase in every metro area in the country with the…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformMy hon. Friend is right, and the protections and provisions that were in the draft framework last year have been carried across. We want councils to be able to designate those…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformI know the hon. Lady will take a keen interest in annex B of the framework, which deals with viability specifically and asks a range of questions. We want to ensure that we have a…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformThe solution to nutrient neutrality and other similar constraints is the environmental delivery plans delivered through the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which the hon.…16 Dec 2025