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HANSARD Building Safety BillThis is a very significant statement, and it is difficult to read it quickly and grasp it, but it says that EWS1 forms “should not be needed for buildings less than 18m. This…21 Jul 2021HANSARD Building Safety BillI keep reading this statement and I am not sure I am any clearer than I was at the beginning. The Secretary of State said that EWS1 forms are not needed on properties below 18…21 Jul 2021HANSARD Building Safety BillThere are major issues about the independence of building control not just on the highest-rise buildings but right throughout the building industry. The Select Committee report…21 Jul 2021HANSARDPlanning System ModernisationI hope that the Secretary of State has seen the Select Committee’s report into the planning reforms. We were supportive of a number of aspects, including the need to strengthen…19 Jul 2021HANSARDCarersWhen the Select Committee on Housing, Communities and Local Government went to Germany about four years ago to look at its social care system, we saw that people entitled to…13 Jul 2021HANSARDCarersWhat steps his Department is taking to ensure that unpaid carers can access the support they need to provide care to family members.13 Jul 2021HANSARDBuilding SafetyPerhaps we could hope for the same result for the Select Committee vis-à-vis the Government when we come to their response to the Building Safety Bill. We have had a wide-ranging…29 Jun 2021HANSARDBuilding SafetyI thank the Backbench Business Committee for finding time for this important debate. I realise that the whole of the nation will be watching their television sets this afternoon,…29 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI welcome the Secretary of State to his new role. He could begin by launching cross-party work on social care reform by responding to the 2018 report by the Housing, Communities…28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment, Food and Rural AffairsIn 2007 there were major floods in Sheffield, which not only affected homes but destroyed large parts of industrial areas, including Meadowhall shopping centre, Forgemasters and…21 Jun 2021HANSARD Future of the Planning System in EnglandI thank my hon. Friend for her contribution to the report, and she is absolutely right: we made this point in our recommendations. We welcome the Government’s proposals to…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Future of the Planning System in EnglandThe housing needs formula is a desperately difficult one. and the Government have a difficult job. It is right that we should try to have a housing needs formula, because it can…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Future of the Planning System in EnglandI do not think either is really mentioned in the White Paper, which is something we drew attention to. The lack of any mention of climate change comes back to the lack of any…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Future of the Planning System in EnglandI thank my hon. Friend, a past member of the Committee, for those comments. There are omissions in the Government’s proposals so far. House building is connected to other issues,…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Future of the Planning System in EnglandThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. It is those sorts of issues that are often resolved at the planning application stage. Whether they can all be dealt with in a local plan,…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Future of the Planning System in EnglandI hear the problem. It was not one that the Committee specifically considered in our report, but the hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that this is something that the Government…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Future of the Planning System in EnglandThank you Mr Deputy Speaker. I would also like to thank the Backbench Business Committee for the opportunity to make this statement on the Committee’s report on the planning…17 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn 2007 there were major floods in Sheffield, which not only affected homes but destroyed large parts of industrial areas, including Meadowhall shopping centre, Forgemasters and…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Future of the Planning System in EnglandMy hon. Friend is a very valued member of the Select Committee. He has contributed to this report, and he is absolutely right. The Housing Minister came to the Select Committee…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Future of the Planning System in EnglandI thank the Father of the House for his question and his invitation. I am happy to take up the invitation; let us hope that two of us accept it and come along. He is absolutely…17 Jun 2021