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HANSARDEconomic GrowthThe Chancellor is right to focus on increasing economic growth, so will she please explain why my office is still waiting for a response on behalf of a small business to a letter…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to correct the record. When I asked my question, I did not refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial…08 Apr 2025HANSARDNew Homes: SustainabilityThe Government’s much-lauded policy of building 1.5 million new sustainable homes has been doomed from the start of this Parliament, and we now have that confirmed, with the…07 Apr 2025HANSARDHomelessness and Rough SleepingQuite rightly, the Government said in their manifesto that they wanted to reduce homelessness and rough sleeping, but instead there has been a 20% increase in rough sleeping—at…07 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 chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I am delighted to see the Minister in front of me once again. We had a very late night last night, although it was…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillLabour Members keep using the suggestion that reservoirs have not been built in recent times as an example of why the Government are proceeding with the Bill. However, under…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillOh, come on—I was going to be nice to you!24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillThere have been many eloquent and thoughtful contributions to the debate today, and I would like to build on and respond to some of the comments that have been made. Great…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillLabour Members shout from a sedentary position to ask why we never did it. This is one of the largest planning Bills to come before the House in a number of years, and nowhere…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI do not have anything against young people in rural areas at all, but surely the hon. Gentleman’s constituents will not see it as fair that his Government have reduced targets on…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I appreciate being able to make this point of order. I would like to seek your guidance on the speech from the hon. Member for North…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillThe hon. Lady is quite rightly outlining how the environment should be protected, which I believe is part of the aim of the Bill. How does she defend to her constituents the fact…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillThe hon. Lady is correct to say that there were some issues with housing supply during the last economic crisis, but the numbers that I am asking her about relate to her…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillThe hon. Lady rightly talks about ambition and ensuring that we get planning applications delivered quickly. Does she think that the 56% reduction and the 1,694 fewer homes that…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesIt is a pleasure to wind up, on behalf of the official Opposition, this debate on the importance of our coastal communities, of which my own constituency is a proud one. Those…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesI do not have time, I am afraid. The previous Government made significant investment in our coastal communities. Through the coastal communities fund, £229 million was invested…20 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI am looking forward to the opening speech of the Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the hon. Member for Swansea West (Torsten Bell), because if we see the same…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill: Employment RatesWith many Labour Members claiming that they care about young people being employed, has the Minister’s Department made assessments about the employment impact of the decision to…17 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill: Employment Rates4. Whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on employment rates.17 Mar 2025