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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Should every small site application come before a committee? Councillor Hug: No. We had a thing where someone in a public report was saying we had only built x number of houses,…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q We heard earlier from the RTPI about the variation in the quality and effectiveness of schemes of delegation at a local level. Councillor Wright: With regard to a national…24 Apr 2025HANSARDNationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Regime: Further ReformsSustained economic growth is the only route to delivering the improved prosperity our country needs and the higher living standards working people deserve. That is why it is this…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Planning and Development: BedfordshireI thank the hon. Gentleman for that point, which is well made. I will certainly note that. We have had discussions about the matter previously. In general terms, I will make a…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Planning and Development: BedfordshireIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson) on securing this debate and on so clearly…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Planning and Development: BedfordshireI think I have answered a written question on this matter, but I put it on the record again, because I understand the need for clarity in this area. The Government have been…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Planning and Development: BedfordshireI will turn to that point briefly in a moment. On Universal Studios, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has agreed in principle to consider any…23 Apr 2025HANSARDResidential Estate Management CompaniesIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the chair, Mr Stuart. I congratulate the hon. Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) on securing this debate. I commend her for giving the…22 Apr 2025HANSARDResidential Estate Management CompaniesTo be clear, the protections we are talking about, which we intend to switch on as soon as is feasible and were provided for by powers under the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act…22 Apr 2025HANSARDResidential Estate Management CompaniesGiven the time available to me, I will have a separate conversation with the hon. Gentleman outside. Before I conclude, I want to touch on the issue of managing agents, whose…22 Apr 2025HANSARDResidential Estate Management CompaniesYes. I will try to give way to as many hon. Members as I can.22 Apr 2025HANSARDResidential Estate Management CompaniesThere are undoubtedly issues around the purchase of homes on these estates. For example, it appears to be fairly common for residential freeholders not to be notified of their…22 Apr 2025HANSARDNew Homes: SustainabilityThe Government are committed to ensuring that the 1.5 million new homes that we will build during this Parliament will be high-quality, well designed and sustainable. We intend to…07 Apr 2025HANSARDNew Homes: SustainabilityThe approach of the Netherlands, not least to spatial planning and design standards, has much to commend it, but we would need a stand-alone debate to do that subject justice. As…07 Apr 2025HANSARDNew Homes: SustainabilityIt may not surprise hon. Members to hear that I am indeed aware of the nine high thermal mass buildings that have been constructed for rent at Howgate Close, and I commend the…07 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsLocal electors can hold local authorities accountable for all of the decisions they make. On infrastructure, I refer the hon. Member to my previous answer. However, local…07 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are working closely with the sector and talking through how we can best implement reforms such as Awaab’s law and our intended overhaul of the decent homes standard. As I said…07 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe took action on SUDS in the national policy planning framework, and we have made very welcome improvements in that area. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs…07 Apr 2025HANSARDSocial Rented HousingWe have been very clear that we are going to consult on a new decent homes standard that applies to both the social rented and private rented sectors, and I would welcome the…07 Apr 2025HANSARDNew Homes: SustainabilityI am very fond of the hon. Gentleman, but I am afraid that, characteristically, he has got this one completely wrong. The 1.3— [ Interruption. ] Will the hon. Member for Thirsk…07 Apr 2025