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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Please expand. Rachel Hallos: I am not convinced that there is clarity on the balance and calculations. If you take such land out of production, what imbalance does that create…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Stevens, you mentioned local plans briefly in one of your previous answers. Do you feel that the draft Bill sufficiently considers the interaction between the proposed…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Recent Government announcements on housing targets—around 1.5 million, but only 18,000 will be social homes—have led some to ask whether the Government are doing enough to…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Accepted. Matthew Pennycook: In terms of the top-up, we have already allocated £800 million to the affordable homes programme since coming into office. We have also pulled forward…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Road Safety and Active Travel to SchoolThe example my hon. Friend gives from her constituency shows what dedicated infrastructure can achieve in getting more people walking and cycling. What needs to change, and how?…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Road Safety and Active Travel to SchoolThe hon. Member gives a really strong example of how, when we plan new developments and new areas, there is no excuse for not getting the infrastructure right from the off.…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Road Safety and Active Travel to SchoolMy hon. Friend gives an excellent example of the benefits of Bikeability. Since 2007, Bikeability cycle training has been delivered to over 5 million children in England. In my…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Road Safety and Active Travel to SchoolYes, tackling pavement parking is essential, because three quarters of children support stopping cars parking on the pavement, as do 58% of parents and guardians. Councils in…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Road Safety and Active Travel to SchoolThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. This is not one size fits all, and we need to recognise the different characters and characteristics of our areas. However, in the Netherlands…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Road Safety and Active Travel to SchoolThat is a very good example of how spending money well can lead to a big difference. I have already mentioned the Netherlands, but my hon. Friends on the Lib Dem Benches would be…22 Apr 2025HANSARDResidential Estate Management CompaniesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) for her excellent and comprehensive speech, as…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Road Safety and Active Travel to SchoolI beg to move, That this House has considered road safety and supporting active travel to school. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I am pleased to…22 Apr 2025HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025
Draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment etc.) (England) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. Our concern about the draft Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 is that the…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillHouse building is essential to provide the homes that people need, but there are significant problems with our current approach to planning, and it is therefore welcome that the…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillMy hon. Friend is right. Buildings need to be staffed, otherwise we will end up like the episode of “Yes Minister” with an empty building. Key infrastructure needs and asks for my…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Housing Development Planning: Water CompaniesIt is truly a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I join colleagues in commending my hon. Friend the Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) for securing…12 Mar 2025HANSARDLegal and Illegal Migration: SuspensionI thank the right hon. Member for his intervention and commend him for his commitment to improving skills training when in Government, which he discussed in his speech. I think…10 Mar 2025HANSARDLegal and Illegal Migration: SuspensionIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I start by thanking all the participants in this interesting and wide-ranging debate, and the hon. Member for…10 Mar 2025HANSARDParliamentary Staff EngagementI thank the hon. Member for his answer. As he says, there are 7,000 staff working here who support 650 Members of this House and 836 in the other place. As he recognises, it is…27 Feb 2025HANSARDWar in Ukraine: Third AnniversaryI pay tribute to the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for his outstanding and comprehensive speech. Many people have died in this war so…27 Feb 2025