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Lords Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Boycott (XB - Life peer) to Parliament that the Government was “off track” in relation to energy efficiency measures in all buildings - Speech Link
2: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) are currently investing some £6 billion this Parliament and a further £6 billion to 2028 on making buildings - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 14 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) , because we know how much it matters, not just so that the courts are functioning, but so that the buildings - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) this financial year, allocated £220 million for essential modernisation and repair work of our court buildings - Speech Link
3: Judith Cummins (Lab - Bradford South) encouraged by the solicitors firm SSB Law to pursue no win, no fee claims against defective cavity wall insulation - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Artificial Light and Noise: Effects on Human Health (Science and Technology Committee Report) - Thu 09 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) We must improve noise insulation in housing, particularly social housing. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) I completely support the point made by the noble Earl, Lord Russell, about better noise insulation in - Speech Link
3: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) He also mentioned that there are switches, so in those large buildings that we see lit up somebody can - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Committee stage - Mon 29 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) However, this would motivate developers to leave degradation of buildings rather than repairing them. - Speech Link
2: Earl of Lytton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) If leaseholders are to be encouraged to take greater interest in the management of their buildings, I - Speech Link
3: None Landlords can repair and maintain the existing building but cannot improve it—say by installing cavity wall insulation - Speech Link
4: None In theory, a broker should do the legwork and get the best quotes for buildings insurance. - Speech Link
5: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) The Government recognise the position of resident-led buildings. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) The Government recently consulted on the future homes and buildings standards, which explore how we can - Speech Link
2: Claire Coutinho (Con - East Surrey) such as hydrotreated vegetable oil have the potential to play an important role in heating off-grid buildings - Speech Link
3: Edward Miliband (Lab - Doncaster North) The onshore wind ban remains; the offshore wind market crashes; the insulation schemes are a disaster - Speech Link
4: Amanda Solloway (Con - Derby North) The pace of delivery of the Great British insulation scheme is accelerating quickly, with the rate of - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
2nd reading - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) The solutions include rapid delivery of insulation, energy efficiency and energy reduction on a street-by-street - Speech Link
2: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) switch to low-carbon energy sources, coupled with demand reduction through investing in retrofitting our buildings - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) how they would fund NHS appointments, breakfast clubs, NHS equipment, dentistry appointments, home insulation - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) We had crumbling school buildings. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Planning Reform - Wed 13 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Simon Clarke (Con - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) Across the Atlantic in the United States, new buildings attracting more affluent residents have freed - Speech Link
2: Simon Clarke (Con - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) space means there is less to heat, and living in an apartment building means that there is natural insulation - Speech Link
3: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) We have been talking about Shrewsbury—a beautiful town in Shropshire with more listed buildings than - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Tue 12 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Valerie Vaz (Lab - Walsall South) Schools are struggling with dilapidated, toxic buildings or a lack of staff. - Speech Link
2: Ronnie Cowan (SNP - Inverclyde) manufacture rope and canvas for the King’s Navy, but now we can make clothing, shoes, biodegradable plastic, insulation - Speech Link
3: Sarah Edwards (Lab - Tamworth) As part of the project, the Peel café—one of our heritage buildings—was knocked down, contrary to requirements - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Mon 11 Mar 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) revealed that next year we will see a real-terms cut of £200 million in capital investment in school buildings - Speech Link
2: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) not in the same way as Welsh, Belgian, Dutch or French farmers, or all the EU farmers who blockade EU buildings - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) He has visited the Thermal Insulation Contractors Association with me, and he recently had the pleasure—a - Speech Link
4: Gareth Davies (Con - Grantham and Stamford) should not solely come from the Floor of this House of Commons, but instead should come from the thermal insulation - Speech Link