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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government recognise the importance of ensuring that new housing development is supported by appropriate infrastructure. The revised national planning policy framework, which…07 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for all he does to support private renters in his constituency. I am saddened but, in all honesty, not shocked by the cases he raises. Such experiences are…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 QuestionsThe hon. Member will forgive me, but I am not going to comment on the specifics of the case she raises. We are giving serious consideration to how we better utilise public land in…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 are supporting a range of targeted interventions to deal with constraints such as nutrient neutrality. In the longer term, the measures in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill…07 Apr 2025HANSARDLocal Development: Public ConsultationLocal plans are the best way for communities to shape decisions about how to deliver the housing and wider development that their areas need. We want more people to be involved in…07 Apr 2025HANSARDSocial Rented HousingThe Government are taking concerted steps to drive a transformational and lasting change in the safety and quality of social housing, including introducing Awaab’s law, and…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 2025HANSARDNew Homes: SustainabilityMy hon. Friend raises an important issue. The newly established Building Safety Regulator is crucial to upholding building safety standards, but I acknowledge that its operation…07 Apr 2025HANSARDNew Homes: SustainabilityI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question; we had a very productive discussion about the issue that he highlights. I think he acknowledges some of the bad outcomes that we…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 2025HANSARDSocial Rented HousingI very much agree with my hon. Friend that her intervention should not have been required to force the provider in question to take action. In addition to the forthcoming reforms…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 2025HANSARDLocal Development: Public ConsultationWe are taking measures to address precisely the problem that my hon. Friend outlines. Proposals in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will make spatial development strategies…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 2025HANSARDSocial Rented HousingLike my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth West (Jessica Toale), the hon. Gentleman raises an important issue. The newly established Building Safety Regulator is crucial to…07 Apr 2025HANSARDLocal Development: Public ConsultationI appreciate that the hon. Gentleman needed to make a political point to get his clip, but I am glad that we have Labour councils across the country that back development. Of…07 Apr 2025HANSARDLocal Development: Public ConsultationAs I have made clear, we want more people involved in the development of local plans. There is nothing in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill that will prevent them from…07 Apr 2025HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025
Draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment etc.) (England) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025.25 Mar 2025