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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I do not understand why the Minister does not just change the framework around the negotiations so that all authorities have the powers they need to get the outcomes they require,…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I, too, want to speak in favour of the four amendments before us. I will not go to Macmillan, but back to Nye Bevan. When he saw how broken the housing system was and how urgent…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)How are local authorities making calculations about the loss of affordable housing? Clearly, if we just look at new developments, we could say, “There is this growth in affordable…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)It is becoming clear in the debate that there are charities and charities. Some charities are run by major businesses and make a profit. Say a private school was disposing of a…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I want to test another scenario. Say the same educational establishment develops a nursery on that site, but the nursery has a commercial interest. Under the debate that we had…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 167, in schedule 11, page 287, line 28, at end insert— “204FA Social enterprises and community interest companies (1) IL regulations must provide for an…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I beg to move amendment 167, in schedule 11, page 287, line 28, at end insert— “204FA Social enterprises and community interest companies (1) IL regulations must provide for an…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for making that point. Obviously, if local authorities are going to make such determinations, they will have to look for the maximum opportunity. As…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I have been reassured by the Minister that this will form part of the wider consultation process in the next stage. We will look at that with interest. Clearly, we will want to…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I rise to make a brief point. It is more about the scope of what we have discussed—the infrastructure levy being able to contribute to affordable housing and social housing within…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)Could the Minister give some examples of what those extensive directions could include, because that is not made clear in the Bill?06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I am grateful to be called to speak to this set of amendments and thank my hon. Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich for tabling them. It is really important that we think…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I do not understand why the Minister does not just change the framework around the negotiations so that all authorities have the powers they need to get the outcomes they require,…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)The Minister is making the case that section 106 should be amended so that more power is given to local authorities. Why is he not taking that step to ensure that developers do…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I want to test another scenario. Say the same educational establishment develops a nursery on that site, but the nursery has a commercial interest. Under the debate that we had…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)It is becoming clear in the debate that there are charities and charities. Some charities are run by major businesses and make a profit. Say a private school was disposing of a…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I, too, want to speak in favour of the four amendments before us. I will not go to Macmillan, but back to Nye Bevan. When he saw how broken the housing system was and how urgent…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)How are local authorities making calculations about the loss of affordable housing? Clearly, if we just look at new developments, we could say, “There is this growth in affordable…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I rise to make a brief point. It is more about the scope of what we have discussed—the infrastructure levy being able to contribute to affordable housing and social housing within…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I have been reassured by the Minister that this will form part of the wider consultation process in the next stage. We will look at that with interest. Clearly, we will want to…06 Sept 2022