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Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None It could reduce the supply of new housing from land that is ideally suited for the construction of new - Speech Link
2: None The legal construct does not govern the physical effects of bad construction from some previous time - Speech Link
3: None To extend such a ban to flats will significantly impact the housing market. - Speech Link
4: None It is a huge change to the housing market. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) We have a housing crisis; what are we going to do?” - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Impact of Environmental Regulations on Development (Built Environment Committee Report) - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) local authorities, and that is just one example.There is a surprising lack of off-site prefabricated construction - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) We also have an enormous housing crisis, with both a lack of housing and its incredible cost. - Speech Link
3: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) We have a housing crisis; we have an issue of intergenerational fairness; we have increasing housing - Speech Link
4: Earl of Lytton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) A comment has just been made about housing. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) That included funds of some £10 million to Wiltshire Council, which has enabled the construction of integrated - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill
Report stage - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) have been involved with the Society of Antiquaries’ discussions with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing - Speech Link
2: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) The freehold for that is the responsibility of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - Speech Link
3: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) through the Environment Act 2021, brought in the concept of biodiversity net gain, with the impact of construction - Speech Link
4: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey) who, when she was Environment Secretary, was heavily involved in the construction - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Large-scale Solar Farms - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) On the concept of efficiency, Hinkley Point C, which is currently under construction in Somerset, will - Speech Link
2: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) The so-called housing crisis, which is just as much an immigration crisis as a housing crisis, is worse - Speech Link
3: Greg Smith (Con - Buckingham) No, it does not—not when we consider the construction impact, the visual impact, the risk to wildlife - Speech Link
4: Greg Smith (Con - Buckingham) In the Claydons, for example, my constituents have suffered hugely from large-scale construction already - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) Some 800 investors, the majority of them British, lost investments in the resort after construction abruptly - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) She will know that, in particular, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has a programme - Speech Link
3: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) As chair of the all-party parliamentary group for council housing, I ask for a debate in Government time - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) were built in the west midlands last year alone, and it is the only region that is on track for its housing - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
New Build Homes Standards: North Yorkshire - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Andrew Jones (Con - Harrogate and Knaresborough) fixture at these moments, but has sent his apologies for not being here today.I have mentioned the new housing - Speech Link
2: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) The Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety has asked me to offer him a meeting to discuss - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Building Safety - Wed 27 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None Further transparency is being brought to the social housing sector. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Absence of this guidance is holding up the construction of thousands of safe homes across the country.At - Speech Link
3: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) Civil claims can therefore be brought against manufacturers for defective or mis-sold construction products - Speech Link
4: Lord Adonis (Lab - Life peer) First, if it is in respect of social housing alone, what about non-social housing blocks? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
2nd reading - Wed 27 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Andrews (Lab - Life peer) The way building control operates means that permission can be given without construction methods being - Speech Link
2: Baroness Finn (Con - Life peer) Housing and Communities, as well as to the Housing Minister, Lee Rowley, and before him, Rachel Maclean - Speech Link
3: Earl of Lytton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) While this overshadows some 1.6 million unqualified leases, the construction sector appears to have escaped - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Building Safety - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) invited to apply to the scheme in the months ahead.Further transparency is being brought to the social housing - Speech Link
2: Mike Amesbury (Lab - Weaver Vale) The Minister will know that the absence of that guidance has held up the construction of thousands of - Speech Link
3: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) Friend the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been clear about his own - Speech Link
4: Matthew Offord (Con - Hendon) established that 459 properties in my constituency constituted a category 1 hazard as defined by the Housing - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
National Networks National Policy Statement - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) goods worth over £30 billion per year across a range of different commodities—specifically, supporting construction - Speech Link
2: Bill Esterson (Lab - Sefton Central) national policy statements within six months of taking office to ensure they help, not hinder, the construction - Speech Link
3: Iain Stewart (Con - Milton Keynes South) Perhaps most significant was the announcement by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety - Speech Link