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HANSARDDraft Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Gray —it is only a matter of time until you are elevated beyond your present status. I thank the Minister for the detailed…26 Jun 2023HANSARDDraft Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023The Minister’s point raises an interesting question: if the PAS 9880 methodology has replaced the consolidated advice note, as it has, is it not incumbent on the Government to…26 Jun 2023HANSARDDraft Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023The Minister has been extremely generous in giving way. We have thrown him a lot of questions, and he has characteristically tried to answer as many as he can on his feet. One…26 Jun 2023HANSARDDraft Building Safety Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Robert. I shall be extremely brief because this statutory instrument is entirely uncontroversial. The Minister has provided us…13 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyIt is a pleasure to respond to this important and timely debate for the Opposition. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) on securing it, and…05 Jun 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformIn an Opposition Day Debate that took place before the recess, the Minister claimed that there has been no Government U-turn on leasehold reform. She also refused to commit to the…05 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyI fundamentally disagree with the hon. Gentleman on that. Whether it is by means of the emphasis in the proposed NPPF on locally prepared plans providing for “sufficient” housing…05 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyI will not give way. But we will insist that the planning system is once again geared toward meeting housing need in full. To that end, if they are enacted as expected, a Labour…05 Jun 2023HANSARDShort-term Holiday Lets: PlanningI take that as a challenge. The Minister mentioned affordable housing, which I did not mention. Is she concerned that the Government are failing on their derisory target for…23 May 2023HANSARDShort-term Holiday Lets: PlanningIf the hon. Member gives me the opportunity, I will go on to make clear where we differ from the Government, in what they have and have not proposed. As I was saying, when the…23 May 2023HANSARDShort-term Holiday Lets: PlanningIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dame Caroline. I congratulate the hon. Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster) on securing this important debate and commend him for the…23 May 2023HANSARDShort-term Holiday Lets: PlanningWill the Minister give way?23 May 2023HANSARDShort-term Holiday Lets: PlanningWill the Minister give way?23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformI think the House is still somewhat confused as to what the Government’s position is. The Minister says there has been no U-turn, so can she confirm that it is the Government’s…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to close for the Opposition. I start by declaring an interest: my wife is the joint chief executive of the Law Commission, whose…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformA false promise!23 May 2023HANSARDDraft Houses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023Will the Minister give way?10 May 2023HANSARDDraft Houses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023The Minister is almost arguing that the part 2 licence requirements are unnecessary because other regulatory standards are adequate. If that is the case, why do the Government not…10 May 2023HANSARD Small and Medium-sized House BuildersIt is a pleasure, Mr Robertson, to serve with you in the Chair. I congratulate the hon. Member for Northampton South (Andrew Lewer) on securing this important debate and I commend…10 May 2023HANSARDDraft Houses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Efford. Despite the Minister’s valiant attempt to burnish it, the purpose of this instrument is nothing more than to rapidly…10 May 2023