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Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 13 Nov 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) Two families in High Green in my constituency have now waited two years for a scheme of works to their - Speech Link
2: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) under huge threat from the Government’s planning agenda and the dubiously vague definition of grey belt - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 13 Nov 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) too often undermined by those who dump waste illegally on our streets, on private land and on our green - Speech Link
2: Neil Hudson (Con - Epping Forest) When will the Government stop this senseless assault on our green belt and countryside, and start putting - Speech Link
3: Roz Savage (LD - South Cotswolds) Will the Minister urge her colleagues at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to - Speech Link
4: Mary Creagh (Lab - Coventry East) restoration fund, which is a key plank of the Bill, will improve outcomes for nature, while unlocking the housing - Speech Link
5: Mary Creagh (Lab - Coventry East) Those are two absolutely brilliant green tech companies at the heart of my hon. - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Infrastructure Planning (Business or Commercial Projects) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 - Wed 12 Nov 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) the fact that the former Secretary of State waved through two data centres due to be built on the green - Speech Link
2: Gideon Amos (LD - Taunton and Wellington) Indeed, green belt policy needs to be protected. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
House Building: London - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) belt and our green spaces will always be under threat. - Speech Link
2: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) Now he wants to build on the green belt, while brownfield sites near tube stations sit empty. - Speech Link
3: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) I do think that the green belt has some grey belt —we need to be realistic about this. - Speech Link
4: Rachel Blake (LAB - Cities of London and Westminster) Only 6.7% of the green belt is in an area that can be developed for housing. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Report stage - Mon 03 Nov 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None Housing affordability is worsening. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Pinnock (LD - Life peer) belt or designated sites—not to be built on. - Speech Link
3: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) It is green belt, so it was a bit of a shock for me and the local communities. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) Pressures will come from new town developments, changes to the green belt and a lack of support for neighbourhood - Speech Link
5: Lord Crisp (XB - Life peer) spaces, housing, economic development and much more. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Stamp Duty Land Tax - Tue 28 Oct 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Neil Hudson (Con - Epping Forest) They have to prioritise brownfield sites and stop bringing in policies that will rip up the green belt - Speech Link
2: Andrew Snowden (Con - Fylde) In some areas, there has been significant overdevelopment on the green belt, and we should not use individual - Speech Link
3: Bradley Thomas (Con - Bromsgrove) It is 89% green belt, yet our housing target has increased by a staggering 85%, whereas the housing target - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)
Committee stage: 12th sitting - Tue 28 Oct 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) These authorities are also taking on land assembly and housing powers. - Speech Link
2: Vikki Slade (LD - Mid Dorset and North Poole) It is surrounded by green fields. - Speech Link
3: Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) They can be part of green corridors, linking together nature-rich spaces. - Speech Link
4: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) and the delivery of housing targets. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Victims and Courts Bill
Report stage - Mon 27 Oct 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Paul Kohler (LD - Wimbledon) The Government often speak about tackling the causes of reoffending—employment, housing, addiction—but - Speech Link
2: Andrew George (LD - St Ives) , I think there are a number of other failings in the system that require the Government to ensure belt-and-braces - Speech Link
3: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) The Minister of State, my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Finchley and Golders Green (Sarah Sackman - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Report stage: Part 1 - Mon 27 Oct 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) it green belt again. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Maclean of Redditch (Con - Life peer) The entire green belt could be vulnerable. - Speech Link
3: None belt, and to set out a definition of grey belt and how green belt should be monitored. - Speech Link
4: None Regarding Amendment 239, neither our green-belt reforms nor our updated green-belt guidance makes any - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 23 Oct 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) On Thursday 30 October, there will be a statement from the Housing, Communities and Local Government - Speech Link
2: Bradley Thomas (Con - Bromsgrove) With the Government planning to bulldoze all over the green belt—other parties do not fare much better - Speech Link
3: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) , and housing is an important part of delivering that. - Speech Link