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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will be doing that, as we have already said, before the summer recess.24 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will happily give that some careful thought.24 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have taken decisive action to address the challenge of ACM cladding; we banned combustible cladding on buildings, and we have also brought forward the £600 million scheme, for…24 Feb 2020HANSARDHousing LadderWe hope it will do both. It will increase the supply of new homes by building popular support for new developments, but I completely accept that the housing challenges we face as…24 Feb 2020HANSARDHousing LadderWe recently published a consultation on First Homes, our exciting new scheme to give a 30% discount to local first-time buyers, which will help tens of thousands of people across…24 Feb 2020HANSARDAffordable Housing: South-westMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As well as enabling people to get on to the housing ladder, it is important to ensure that the new homes we build are of good quality. It is…24 Feb 2020HANSARDAffordable Housing: South-westThis Government are committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing with our £9 billion affordable homes programme from 2016 to 2022, and we have committed in our…24 Feb 2020HANSARDRough SleepingI thank my hon. Friend who, in her former role as leader of Westminster Council, played a critical role in taking forward these issues. I join her in praising the staff of The…24 Feb 2020HANSARDRough SleepingMay I take this opportunity, like my hon. Friend, to pay tribute to all those involved in rough sleeping initiatives across the country? I visited many over the course of my six…24 Feb 2020HANSARDRough SleepingI would like to take this opportunity to thank and pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his invaluable work on the Homelessness Reduction Act. Since the Act was implemented, over…24 Feb 2020HANSARDHousing SupplyDue to my quasi-judicial role in the planning system, I cannot comment on the merits of the plan itself. I can say, however, that a number of hon. Members, including my hon.…24 Feb 2020HANSARDHousing SupplyWe recognise how highly many people value their local green belt, including no doubt my hon. Friend’s constituents in Sevenoaks, but meeting these legitimate aspirations must not…24 Feb 2020HANSARDHousing SupplyWe have delivered over 1.5 million new homes since 2010 and last year saw the highest level of delivery in over 30 years, but I am determined that we go further by reforming the…24 Feb 2020HANSARDLocal Government FinanceToday I laid before the House the “Local Government Finance Report (England) 2020-21”, the “Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2020-21”…06 Feb 2020HANSARDBuilding Better, Building Beautiful Commission ReportThe Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission has published its final report today. I am depositing this report in the Libraries of both Houses and have made it available on…30 Jan 2020HANSARD HomelessnessI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “House” to end and add: “notes the Government’s commitment to ending rough-sleeping in this Parliament; further notes that the latest…29 Jan 2020HANSARD HomelessnessI will come to the hon. Gentleman in a moment. The figures showing that rough sleeping fell last year, for the first time in several years, give us evidence that these policies…29 Jan 2020HANSARD HomelessnessI am very happy to praise anybody who has been involved in Housing First. As I said, a few days before Christmas I visited a Housing First pilot in Walsall and was tremendously…29 Jan 2020HANSARD HomelessnessI speak regularly with my colleagues at the DWP, including the Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester (Will Quince), who is…29 Jan 2020HANSARD HomelessnessMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right and I do not understand the chatter from Opposition Members. The street homelessness challenge that this country faces is not simply a…29 Jan 2020