Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Claire Hazelgrove and Jim McMahon

Monday 2nd September 2024 Commons Chamber

[Jim McMahon]

I am very happy to have a meeting, probably next week, on that issue.

[Claire Hazelgrove (Filton and Bradley Stoke) (Lab)]

As the housing crisis worsened under the last Government, houses in multiple occupation became more prevalent in a number of communities, including in Filton, Stoke Park and Stoke Gifford. Naturally, with more people living in more homes than were envisaged when the local infrastructure was planned, there is an impact on public services and the character of communities, and routes such as permitted development are regularly being used to start extensions and conversions. Will the Minister meet me, as the Government shape much-needed changes to the planning framework and regulations, to discuss how HMOs might be included in an appropriate way?