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HANSARDRetirement Home Exit FeesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question—this is a really important issue. We consulted on a package of measures last year to strengthen leaseholder protections, including on…15 Jun 2026HANSARDRetirement Home Exit FeesAs I have just made clear, we are looking carefully at resale values and the recommendations made by the older people’s housing taskforce in this area. I wonder whether both my…15 Jun 2026HANSARDTenant and Resident Management Organisations: RegulationI thank the shadow Minister for that reasonable and apt question. We do need confidence in the system. Many tenant management organisations provide excellent resident-led housing…15 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Gentleman knows, we are in the process of establishing the greater Cambridge development corporation. We will set out further details, as we did just a few days ago,…15 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this matter. I appreciate fully his concern about the potential mass eviction of his constituents. It is precisely so that private tenants can…15 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe continue to target a win-win for both development and nature. I am more than happy to sit down with my hon. Friend to discuss how the NPPF contributes to that objective.15 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not intend to reverse the decision; I made the decision. The hon. Member’s local authority is one of nine that have been designated for poor performance, just as the previous…15 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe think it is right that developers can use site-by-site viability assessments, as the alternative where viability challenges are acute is that we get no homes coming forward at…15 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will not rule out retrospective planning applications of any kind—I think residents across the country who build a conservatory and then make an application, having forgotten…15 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf the hon. Gentleman would like to write to me with further details about the matter, I will of course consider it.15 Jun 2026HANSARDLeasehold ReformAs the hon. Lady is—hopefully—aware, the last Government asked Lord Best to chair a working group to look at the regulation of property agents in the round. We are giving careful…15 Jun 2026HANSARDLocal PlansI am afraid I refute the assertion the hon. Gentleman makes about what the NPPF will do to local plans. We do need local plans in place, and as I have said, the plan-led approach…15 Jun 2026HANSARDRoad AdoptionThose cases sound particularly egregious, and I am sorry to hear about them. My hon. Friend is right to highlight the detrimental consequences of declining road adoption rates.…15 Jun 2026HANSARDShort-term Lets: LicensingMy Department is not responsible for the national registration scheme for short-term lets. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for that and is committed to…15 Jun 2026HANSARDRetirement Home Exit FeesEvent fees should be fair, transparent and communicated effectively. The Government continue to give careful consideration to the recommendations set out in the final report from…15 Jun 2026HANSARDRetirement Home Exit FeesIt was remiss of me not to welcome the hon. Gentleman to his place, and I do so now. He has diligently pursued the issue of conveyancing and buying and selling over many months,…15 Jun 2026HANSARDNew Social and Affordable Homes: Blaydon and ConsettMe again, Mr Speaker. We remain focused on implementing the five-step plan we published in July last year to deliver a decade of social and affordable housing renewal. We received…15 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his constructive engagement on the new towns programme, and on Tempsford in particular. It helped to inform our approach, including to the…15 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe meet a range of stakeholders through the water delivery taskforce. I understand that, in response to Canterbury’s local plan consultation, the Environment Agency has…15 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsFunding is already available for councils to acquire new market homes for social and affordable housing through our social and affordable homes programme. They can obviously also…15 Jun 2026