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Ellie Chowns

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Speaker’s Statement
Monday 12th January 2026

(1 day, 7 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matthew Pennycook Portrait Matthew Pennycook
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We are committed to reinvigorating council house building, which is essential to boost and sustain higher rates of housing supply in the years ahead. We have already taken decisive action to support councils to build at scale once again, including reforming the right to buy and launching the council house building skills and capacity programme, but we will of course keep the matter under review to see what further support we can provide.

Ellie Chowns Portrait Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire) (Green)
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When will the Government take steps to address embodied carbon in buildings?

Matthew Pennycook Portrait Matthew Pennycook
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The hon. Lady can look forward to the future buildings standards being brought into force later this year.

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