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HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you both for coming to give evidence. As you know, the Government have now explicitly tied the enactment of chapter 1 of part 1 of this Bill to the court reforms, and the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Just the one route? Professor Hodges: I would have one for the entire property and housing sector, and this is not the first time that I have said that. My ombudsman and judge…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Briefly on the breaches and penalties, how extensively do you think rent repayment orders should run through the Bill as a back-up? I am talking about the clause 9 and 10…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q James, I will ask you this because I have seen you sitting at the back listening to all the other evidence, and you may well have seen what we did this morning. This is a very…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Very quickly, specifically on ground 8A, which we discussed this morning, what is the view of the CIH on whether it should be removed from or remain in the Bill? If it should…14 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Robertson. I thank the Minister for that explanation of the instrument before us. We welcome the regulations, which, as we…25 Oct 2023HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023The Minister has missed out one of my questions. Will we see the planning skills strategy that was promised in the policy paper that accompanied the Levelling-up and Regeneration…25 Oct 2023HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I appreciate the Minister’s giving way. She has provided some useful additional clarity on performance and funding. May I press her on greater transparency, and the Department’s…25 Oct 2023HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023Will the Minister give way?25 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillIt is a pleasure to follow that characteristically sensible speech from the hon. Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous). I put on record our thanks for their lordships’ continued…24 Oct 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillIt is a pleasure to close this Second Reading debate for the Opposition, and I thank all hon. and right hon. Members who have spoken in it. It has been a good debate and one…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention, and I thank her again, as I did at the time, for the many months of work that she did on the Bill Committee. She is right to raise the…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillWell, what can one say about that last 20 minutes, apart from that it must have felt far more persuasive when the Minister practised it in the mirror this morning, but I do…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillMy hon. Friend is right. As I was about to say, we believe that this change is clearly driven by political expediency and is intended to facilitate the transfer of the PCC…17 Oct 2023HANSARDNew HomesIt is essential that we boost the number of new homes built each year for private sale, but just as important is the need to significantly increase the supply of new affordable…16 Oct 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThank you, Mr Speaker. As a result of the Government’s failure over many years to make decisive progress in tackling the main sources of problem nutrients, namely farming and…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsThat is a good question. I listened with great interest to the suggestion from the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns). There should be greater protections for best…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsThe right hon. Gentleman has a lot of expertise in this area, and I agree with him wholeheartedly. He pre-empts a point that I will come to. We think the Government should be far…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Nokes and to respond to what has been a genuinely interesting and thought-provoking debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsThe right hon. Gentleman tempts me to stray outside my departmental responsibilities, which I will not do. I am afraid that we are in complete agreement with his Government, who…19 Jul 2023