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HANSARD Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee looked at the leasehold issues in some detail and produced a report that led to the Competition and Markets Authority…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillThe principle that leaseholders should not have to pay for issues that are not their responsibility, as they bought properties in good faith, was first established in the Select…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillAnd new clause 23, but let me comment briefly on two other new clauses. New clause 17, which was tabled by the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard), is…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillIt was very well read, though. I re-emphasise the point raised by the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman). The Select Committee will have a very short but very thorough…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that there is a fundamental point here: if for individual blocks of flats we cannot track down the developer or whoever else was involved in the…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillI am not aware of the particular scheme that my hon. Friend mentions, but unfortunately it is all too common that concerns are raised after the event about the quality of building…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillAs my hon. Friend the Member for Luton South (Rachel Hopkins) said, the Bill is a response to Grenfell, and the intention must be to make sure that such a tragedy never happens…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillAbsolutely. We have those immediate problems with the costs that are being borne by social housing providers. If, in the end, the Government cannot get the money from the industry…19 Jan 2022HANSARD UK Government Recognition of SomalilandI congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. I have the privilege of chairing the all-party group on Somaliland, and we have a large Somaliland community in…18 Jan 2022HANSARD English Football League Governance: Derby County FCI think we can all, as football fans, feel for the fans of Derby County. We can imagine what it would be like if our club were in such a position, with all that history and our…18 Jan 2022HANSARDVaccination StrategyShe can’t!12 Jan 2022HANSARDVaccination StrategyFirst, I congratulate everyone in Sheffield—including GPs, the hospitals and the city council—who worked brilliantly together to deliver thousands of vaccines in the run-up to…12 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI thank the Secretary of State for his statement. I am sure he will welcome an invitation from the Select Committee to come and discuss these matters further in detail. Just two…10 Jan 2022HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaThe current Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is the fourth to promise this House a White Paper on devolution initially and then a White Paper on…06 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Homes: Developers, Housebuilders and Management CompaniesLet us begin the first parliamentary sitting of the new year by wishing everyone a happy new year. As is now tradition before all our sittings, I remind all hon. Members that they…05 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Homes: Developers, Housebuilders and Management CompaniesI call the Minister. If he could allow a brief period at the end for the mover of the motion to wind up, that would be appreciated.05 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Homes: Developers, Housebuilders and Management CompaniesI thank hon. Members for keeping to time limits; it is appreciated. We move to the Front Benchers. There will be 10 minutes for the two Front Benchers and then a short time for…05 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Homes: Developers, Housebuilders and Management CompaniesAs I want to call the Front-Bench speakers at 10.38 am, the last two speakers will have five minutes each.05 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Homes: Developers, Housebuilders and Management CompaniesI must emphasise that speeches should last for no more than six minutes, please. Otherwise, other Members will not get as much time in which to speak.05 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Homes: Developers, Housebuilders and Management CompaniesThere are eight colleagues wishing to speak in the debate, and I want to start the winding-up speeches just before 10.40 am. That gives us just under an hour, which is six or…05 Jan 2022