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HANSARDLeasehold SystemThe Government continue to implement those reforms to the leasehold system that are already in statute and to progress the wider set of reforms necessary to end the feudal…13 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am afraid that I am unclear about which particular site the right hon. Gentleman is referring to. Again, if he wishes to write to me, I would be more than happy to engage with…13 Oct 2025HANSARDNew Housing Developments in Cheadle: InfrastructureThe hon. Gentleman has raised a number of issues. The best way in which local planning authorities can protect themselves from speculative development is to have an up-to-date…13 Oct 2025HANSARDNew Housing Developments in Cheadle: InfrastructureAs per my answer to question 4, the changes that we made to national planning policy last year were intended to support the increased provision and modernisation of various types…13 Oct 2025HANSARDCommunity-led HousingThe hon. Lady outlined another benefit of community land trusts: getting local buy-in. The availability of land is an issue for CLTs. I have already set out some of the ways that…13 Oct 2025HANSARDCommunity-led HousingMy hon. Friend has long championed co-operatives, and I recognise his commitment to expanding co-ops in London and across the country. With that example, he draws our attention to…13 Oct 2025HANSARDHome Buying and Selling ConsultationsMy noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Baroness Taylor of Stevenage) has today made the following statement: The Government are determined to modernise the…13 Oct 2025HANSARDCommunity-led HousingThe Government recognise that community-led housing delivers a wide range of benefits. We strengthened support for it in the revised national planning policy framework published…13 Oct 2025HANSARDHousing Development Statutory Consultees: Water CompaniesThe hon. Gentleman raises an apt point. I regularly meet colleagues from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to discuss a range of issues, including water…13 Oct 2025HANSARDHousing Development Statutory Consultees: Water CompaniesWater companies are not statutory consultees on individual planning applications, but they are consulted as part of the preparation of local development plans. On 26 January, the…13 Oct 2025HANSARDNew Housing Developments: InfrastructureThe hon. Gentleman knows that I am always happy to sit down and talk to him about these and other issues. It must be said that when preparing a local plan, planning practice…13 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for bringing that matter to my attention. He is right that I cannot comment on individual planning applications, but I will certainly look into the matter.…13 Oct 2025HANSARDNew Housing Developments: InfrastructureThe national planning policy framework sets out that: “The purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, including the provision…13 Oct 2025HANSARDNew Housing Developments: InfrastructureI can give my hon. Friend that assurance; ours is a brownfield-first policy. She highlights an important point. The previous Government released vast swathes of the green belt in…13 Oct 2025HANSARDPrivate Rented Sector: People Granted AsylumThe hon. Gentleman is conflating two separate issues. Genuine asylum seekers who have been granted refugee status and who can stand on their own two feet and work will rent, in…13 Oct 2025HANSARDPrivate Rented Sector: People Granted AsylumI am afraid I will take no lectures from the hon. Gentleman, as it was the previous Conservative Government—in which he served as a Minister—who lost control of our borders and…13 Oct 2025HANSARDPrivate Rented Sector: People Granted AsylumMy Department does not hold data on the proportion of people who have been granted asylum status living in the private rented sector in England.13 Oct 2025HANSARD Provision of Council HousingAnd we have debated that issue on many, many occasions. I have given the hon. Member very detailed answers as to why, at this point in time, we have not set a target, but we will…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Provision of Council HousingI congratulate the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire (Chris Hinchliff) on securing the debate, and thank the other hon. Members who have made contributions to it. The…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Provision of Council HousingThe hon. Member will know that we have not set a target as things stand, for the reasons that we have debated on many occasions, but we keep the matter under review.15 Sept 2025