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HANSARDAffordable Homes to BuyLike my hon. Friend, this Government believe that beautiful high-quality homes should be the norm in every area of this country. Our reformed planning system will place a much…05 Oct 2020HANSARDPlaces of Worship: Covid-19As Communities Secretary, ensuring places of worship can reopen and remain open has been a priority for me and my Department. Their contribution to our country as places of…05 Oct 2020HANSARDHigh Street Businesses: Covid-19Revitalising our towns and high streets is vital to the Government’s effort to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, supporting people’s jobs and getting businesses trading again.…05 Oct 2020HANSARDBrownfield Sites: DevelopmentI am very happy to assure my hon. Friend once again that the protection of the green belt remains a priority, as does developing brownfield land in all parts of the country,…05 Oct 2020HANSARDPlaces of Worship: Covid-19Alongside other charities, places of worship are able to apply to the £200 million coronavirus community support fund, which has helped organisations providing essential services…05 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can certainly confirm that. We want to ensure that the green belt is protected so that there are beautiful green spaces for our constituents to enjoy and the identity of…05 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are working with the chief medical officer’s team and Public Health England to prepare guidance on how night shelters could be opened safely and in what circumstances, but the…05 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not agree with that analysis of the actions that we have taken as a Government. We are bringing forward the biggest change to building safety regulations in a generation. We…05 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend and I have agreed on this point for some time. The housing infrastructure fund directs funding to those areas where there is the greatest affordability challenge.…05 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member is entirely incorrect. We are determined to build more homes in this country, while protecting and enhancing standards, and absolutely nothing that we do will…05 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe decision to which my hon. Friend refers is now being challenged in court, so it would not be appropriate for me to comment while those proceedings are live. None the less, he…05 Oct 2020HANSARDHigh Street Businesses: Covid-19My hon. Friend will be pleased to hear that we published the safer urban centres and green spaces guidance to provide exactly that kind of information to business owners and…05 Oct 2020HANSARDHigh Street Businesses: Covid-19I thank my hon. Friend for his question. The requirement for pubs and some other businesses to be closed to the general public by 10 pm was designed to strike the balance of…05 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has been a doughty champion for Blackpool in his time in the House so far. It is absolutely right that Blackpool receives further investment to help it to continue…05 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that too many homes have been built in this country to poor standards in the recent past. That is why we are now legislating for the new homes…05 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to take that up with my right hon. Friends the Chancellor and the Environment Secretary and revert to the hon. Gentleman with a plan.05 Oct 2020HANSARDBrownfield Sites: DevelopmentDelivering much needed new, higher-quality greener homes across the country is central to the mission of this Government. To do that, we will continue to prioritise building on…05 Oct 2020HANSARDRough SleepingOn 18 July, as part of the Government’s “Everyone In” initiative, we launched the next steps accommodation programme to support local authorities and their partners to prevent the…17 Sept 2020HANSARDCommercial Property Tenants and LandlordsI am today informing the House that I have laid a statutory instrument that will extend the moratorium on commercial landlords’ right to forfeit a lease due to the non-payment of…16 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: RentersI wish to update the House on the comprehensive measures that the Government are taking to ensure renters affected by coronavirus continue to be protected over autumn and winter.…10 Sept 2020