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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are ensuring, through the new £39 billion social and affordable homes programme, for example, that the types of homes that need extra grant funding have that flexibility—that…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Lady continues to ask me what grey belt is; Google is her friend in this instance. I continue to refer her to the planning practice guidance that covers exactly…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs this is topicals, I do not want to repeat the extensive conversation that the right hon. Member and I have had. He knows that we are making good-faith efforts to resolve the…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf memory serves, I answered another question from the hon. Gentleman on precisely this topic. He knows, I think, that we are out to consultation on the matter. If he wants to…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I made clear in answer to a previous question, strong protections in national planning policy mean that development that could be vulnerable to flooding should not be allowed…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe fully appreciate the importance of finishing Ebbsfleet Central, and while I cannot pre-empt the Department’s business planning, my hon. Friend can be assured that his…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. The Government obviously recognise the importance of ensuring that new housing development is supported by appropriate infrastructure. On…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for that question. Again, he will appreciate that, due to the quasi-judicial nature of the planning system, I cannot comment on individual applications.…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question, and she is absolutely right. Local development plans should address infrastructure needs and opportunities. When preparing a local plan,…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI say gently to the hon. Gentleman that I think he misrepresents the proposal that has been announced. It is not an automatic removal for all planning applications relating to…24 Nov 2025HANSARDFlood Resilience: New HousingI would say a number of things to the hon. Gentleman. First, local plans are tested for their soundness by the Planning Inspectorate. He will appreciate that I cannot comment on…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am afraid that the hon. Lady will have to write to me and outline which fund precisely she is talking about. I am more than happy to get back to her if she does that.24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be more than happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss that and other matters of importance to him in his locality. He is a doughty champion for ensuring that, as we bring…24 Nov 2025HANSARDEstate Management CompaniesAs my hon. Friend may be aware, in response to widespread concerns raised in a recent debate on property service charges, I met Martin King, managing director of FirstPort, on 17…24 Nov 2025HANSARDEstate Management CompaniesIn my opening answer, I referenced the consultation we intend to launch soon relating to protections for residential freeholders from that type of charge, where it is…24 Nov 2025HANSARDProposed New Town: TempsfordWe will be consistent. Where we make commitments around large-scale housing development or infrastructure that is required to support it, we intend to bring that forward, and my…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for that question, which is topical in that I recently met officials from Cornwall council and Members, including hon. Friends, banging the drum for new…24 Nov 2025HANSARDEstate Management CompaniesThis Government are determined to end the injustice of fleecehold entirely, and we will publish consultations before the end of this year on how we best implement the Leasehold…24 Nov 2025HANSARDProposed New Town: TempsfordAlthough Tempsford—along with Crews Hill in Enfield and Leeds South Bank—looks like a promising site, no final decisions on new town locations will be made until the strategic…24 Nov 2025HANSARDFlood Resilience: New HousingThe national planning policy framework sets out a sequential approach to flood risk management, requiring inappropriate development to be directed away from areas at highest risk…24 Nov 2025