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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis week, we announced the most significant reforms to building safety legislation in 40 years, delivering new and enhanced regulatory regimes. I welcome the voices of all right…20 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe fact that Tower Hamlets Council was preparing a new local plan that included a CIL schedule attached to it was a matter of public record; anybody knowledgeable about London’s…20 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend the Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government said in his earlier remarks, we made a manifesto commitment to ensure that, at a minimum, each of the…20 Jul 2020HANSARDTown Centre InvestmentI congratulate Bolton and my hon. Friend on the very impressive work that they are doing with the council to transform the town. Bolton is one of the initial 100 towns selected to…20 Jul 2020HANSARDHousing Infrastructure ProjectsThe Government are investing around £150 million in infrastructure projects in Northamptonshire, unlocking the development of more than 19,000 homes in Corby, East Kettering, and…20 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have, for several weeks now, been in exactly those sorts of conversations with my right hon. and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor, who holds the relationship with the…20 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am extremely pleased that leisure centres will be able to open shortly, in a safe and socially distanced manner. The income guarantee scheme that we have already announced will…20 Jul 2020HANSARDBuilding and Fire SafetyI would like to update Parliament on the Government’s progress in overhauling the building and fire safety system, as part of our unwavering commitment to ensuring that people,…20 Jul 2020HANSARDTown Centre InvestmentI am delighted that the ideas developed over the past several years by the Ipswich Vision board are being used as the foundation for the Ipswich town deal. My officials are…20 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be happy to meet my hon. Friend, who I know campaigns vigorously on these issues. I reassure Members on both sides of the House that the Government intend to bring forward…20 Jul 2020HANSARDHousing: Environmental StandardsI can give this assurance to the hon. Gentleman: the planning reforms that we intend to bring forward in the weeks ahead will not row back on any of our commitments to the…20 Jul 2020HANSARDPlanning: Cultural Venues and Holiday ParksPlanning update: preventing loss of cultural venues and planning conditions for holiday parks Introduction The nation’s cultural and tourism industries are vitally important to…14 Jul 2020HANSARDLocal Government Funding: Covid-19I wish to set out to the House the further measures this Government are putting in place so that local government can continue to fulfil its essential role in the national…02 Jul 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentI will come on to a description of those events in a moment, if I may, and answer the hon. Gentleman’s question at that point.24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentI will give way to the hon. Lady, as she is one of the Tower Hamlets Members of Parliament, and then I will make some progress, if I may.24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentLet me just make some progress, if I may. It is on public record that in November 2019, during the general election campaign, I was invited to a Conservative party event. This is…24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentNo. He raised the development and invited me on a site visit. I informed him that it would not be appropriate to discuss the matter, and the conversation moved on to other topics.…24 Jun 2020HANSARDRough SleepingToday I am announcing a further £105 million for local authorities to enable them to support and accommodate rough sleepers. At the outset of the covid-19 pandemic, the Government…24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentNot at this time. Housing Secretaries of all parties naturally come into contact with those involved in housing, by which I do not simply mean developers; I mean councils, housing…24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentIt is not a deflection to talk about Tower Hamlets Council because in all likelihood this decision would never have been made by the Secretary of State if Tower Hamlets Council…24 Jun 2020