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Debate between John Cooper and Jim McMahon
Monday 2nd November 2026

(1 week, 1 day ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Cooper Portrait John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway) (Con)
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T3. This Government are facilitating a property grab by allowing councils to seize properties that have been left vacant for as little as six months. Rather than stealing properties, would not the Secretary of State be better using the powers of state to cut regulation, cut taxes and get more houses built?

Jim McMahon Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Jim McMahon)
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The fact is that there is not a community, high street or town centre in any part of the country that is not blighted by a building that stubbornly will not be brought back into use. It is right that if owners are not willing to take action, the Government will do.

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