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HANSARD 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 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsThe problem of clustering has been raised several times. The Government recognise that as a problem, and we certainly think it needs to be looked into. Is the Minister able to…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsI am coming to an end. To conclude, large-scale solar is safe, reliable, versatile and of overwhelming environmental benefit. It is one of the cheapest renewable generation…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. I hope she will forgive me if I do not outline a Front-Bench position on a particular amendment that is outside my departmental…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Private rented sectorAs ever, Dr Huq, it is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair. I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Stretford and Urmston (Andrew Western) on securing this…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]I intend to be brief, because the sole amendment we are considering is entirely uncontentious. As you will no doubt recall, Madam Deputy Speaker, the Opposition welcomed the…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections etc.) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. I thank the Minister for the detailed explanation she has just read into the record. The Opposition welcome this…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Freehold Estate Management FeesThe hon. Gentleman pre-empts a point that I will come to later. There is an issue with local authority adoption, but if he is not satisfied with my comments, he is more than…13 Jul 2023HANSARD Freehold Estate Management FeesIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) on securing this important debate, and on the well…13 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, as ever, Sir Edward, and to respond to this important debate on behalf of the Opposition. I thank Hannah Bourne-Taylor for…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksI understand the hon. Lady’s point, but let me be clear—I hope I was clear enough: we certainly do not rule out mandation as a step in the future. As I said, my reluctance stems…10 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is now over four years since the Conservatives promised to ban section 21 no-fault evictions. It needs strengthening, but the Government finally published a Renters (Reform)…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksThat is a reasonable point, which I will certainly take away and look at. Given the understandable questions put to me about mandation, I honestly do not think that we are too far…10 Jul 2023HANSARD Building Safety and Social HousingThe fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017 killed 72 people—18 were children and many, as the Secretary of State said, were disabled. The inferno wiped out entire…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Building Safety and Social HousingI hope the Father of the House will accept that we have argued consistently since the start of this crisis that the Government should step in and fund and then use their power to…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Building Safety and Social HousingACM should not be on any building in England six years after the fire, and it is shameful that it is, but my hon. Friend is right. The Government should use their authority and…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Freehold and Leasehold ReformIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Sharma. I declare an interest: my wife is the joint chief executive of the Law Commission, the work of which I will cite later…05 Jul 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I agree with him, although he will know of the many voices of dissent both at the time of and in the years leading up to…28 Jun 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI thank the Father of the House. Build cost inflation is a serious issue, not just in relation to this project but across the country. That would be the case wherever the chosen…28 Jun 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) and a privilege to wind-up this Second Reading debate for the Opposition. I start by thanking all the…28 Jun 2023