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HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]I rise to speak to the new clauses and amendments in my name. I join the Minister in welcoming Grenfell United, Shelter and others to the Public Gallery. There is a shared…01 Mar 2023HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]I start by thanking the Clerks, the House staff, and Library specialists for facilitating our debates on this important piece of legislation, and all the external…01 Mar 2023HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. I certainly thank that team, and I thank him for all the work he has done in this area as well. I also thank the Minister for the…01 Mar 2023HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]I will.01 Mar 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill Support: Heat Network Customers9. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of energy bill support for heat network customers.28 Feb 2023HANSARD Leaseholders and Managing AgentsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir George. I start by declaring an interest: my wife is the joint chief executive of the Law Commission, whose work I intend to…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill Support: Heat Network CustomersThe Minister will know that the energy bill relief scheme has not succeeded in limiting commercial gas prices to 7.5p per kilowatt-hour as intended, and that the energy bill…28 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Key Building Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023The Minister is more than welcome to follow up in writing, but she has just clarified, in response to the question from my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds Central, that…22 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Key Building Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Robertson. I thank the Minister for that explanation of the statutory instrument and the policy context. We welcome the…22 Feb 2023HANSARDRural Areas: Housing ProvisionMay I once again welcome the new Minister to her place? Over a quarter of a million people in rural England are on a housing waiting list, yet the Government are on course to miss…20 Feb 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorI congratulate the Select Committee on another first- rate report, and I trust the Government will give the recommendations serious consideration as we look forward to the…09 Feb 2023HANSARDBrownfield Development and Green BeltThat 1.2 million figure keeps being thrown around, but does the hon. Gentleman accept that that represents the total existing capacity? It is not an annual figure. The…09 Feb 2023HANSARDBrownfield Development and Green BeltI agree with the right hon. Member. As I hope I have conveyed to the House, I think the Government could be doing much more to ensure that brownfield sites are built out and that…09 Feb 2023HANSARDBrownfield Development and Green BeltIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Fovargue. I also welcome the new Minister to her place and express a genuine hope that she improves on the 87-day average…09 Feb 2023HANSARD PlanningI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. Let me be clear: I take no issue whatever with the drive to densify already developed urban areas, but as I argued, the cities…26 Jan 2023HANSARD PlanningIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Vickers. I congratulate the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) on securing this important debate, and on the clarity…26 Jan 2023HANSARDHome BuildingHappy new year, Mr Speaker. The Government’s decision to signal the end of enforceable local house building targets has already resulted in a number of local authorities pausing…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillIncreasing the supply of affordable housing, which is at pitifully low levels, is a laudable aim. I agree with the hon. Member on that, and I therefore hope he can support our…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI disagree with the right hon. Gentleman’s analysis. We do not know precisely what the Government have in mind for local housing targets, but my reading of their announcement is…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI will give way one final time, and then I will make some progress.13 Dec 2022