To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.


View sample alert

Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Lords Chamber
Housing: Young People - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Donaghy (Lab - Life peer) and safeguarding jobs in the construction industry.I had been in the House for only two or three weeks - Speech Link
2: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) That is a very important point.The construction industry is still suffering a very difficult hangover - Speech Link
3: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) The small construction companies are building only 15% of homes today; they used to build 40% before - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
St Peter’s Hospital, Maldon - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) a reduction in the contribution available from the developer and from the section 106 money for the housing - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
St Patrick’s Day: Irish Diaspora in the UK - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Karen Bradley (Con - Staffordshire Moorlands) Her father worked in construction, and he knew many Irish colleagues.The hon. - Speech Link
2: Karen Bradley (Con - Staffordshire Moorlands) We discuss those areas that are relevant to all of us, such as housing, tourism, sovereign matters, defence - Speech Link
3: Mark Logan (Con - Bolton North East) Friend the Member for Staffordshire Moorlands mentioned the construction industry. - Speech Link
4: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) That included, in the end, the local authority, then led by Stephen Cowan, and Shepherd’s Bush Housing - 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) In 2016, Auckland liberalised its planning system and precipitated a boom in housing construction, which - Speech Link
2: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) to the other because of the huge amount of congestion.As I have said before, there is also massive construction - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) They include functions on housing and regeneration; mayoral development corporations; transport; and - Speech Link
2: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) That will include powers over planning and housing, transport, net zero and adult education. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Tue 12 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Ronnie Cowan (SNP - Inverclyde) high capacity for moisture absorption, allowing for a controlled atmosphere within buildings, and hemp construction - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) We will reform our planning system and create jobs for construction workers, so that we can upgrade our - Speech Link
3: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) for every housing authority in England, or less than £16 for every household on the housing waiting - Speech Link
4: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) suffering a cut of close to 20% in real terms this year; yet somehow the Scottish Tories demand ever more construction—ever - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) We still have social housing waiting lists—absolutely we do—because we have been trying to undo decades - Speech Link
2: Vicky Foxcroft (Lab - Lewisham, Deptford) That means investing in children’s centres, schools, youth services, decent housing, youth employment - Speech Link
3: James Davies (Con - Vale of Clwyd) reception at Parliament a few weeks ago, but to welcome the arts Minister, Lord Parkinson for a tour of the construction - Speech Link
4: Andrew Western (Lab - Stretford and Urmston) As Policy Exchange has said, our chronic shortage of housing is a key reason for our stagnant economic - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Fri 08 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) In Bangladesh, for example, BII is providing a $52 million loan for the construction of a greenfield - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Lab - Life peer) It estimates that the average woman is set to receive an income of £12,000 a year after housing costs - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Across a range of initiatives in housing, health, financial services, including benefits, and the criminal - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) My constituency has an enormous amount of sheltered housing and housing specifically for pensioners. - Speech Link
2: Jackie Doyle-Price (Con - Thurrock) not think that what he says is true as regards HGV drivers, builders, labourers or anyone else in the construction - Speech Link
3: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) businesses in Bristol are desperate to transform our economy and get new skills, particularly in the construction - Speech Link
4: Danny Kruger (Con - Devizes) to be the fundamental blocker, particularly on housing in rural areas. - Speech Link
5: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) repair—not only those affected by RAAC or asbestos, but some quite new schools built by disreputable construction - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Energy Rebates: Highlands and Islands - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) In 2022, the Highlands and Islands Housing Associations affordable warmth group highlighted the £60 per - Speech Link
2: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) asking for—community benefit.To expand on Coire Glas, there will likely be 500 full- time jobs in its construction - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (Lab - Bristol East) The scattered nature of the housing and its isolation means that the economies of scale from rolling - Speech Link