Housing: Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

Debate between Judith Cummins and Matthew Pennycook

Monday 9th September 2024 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Judith Cummins)]

Order. I call the Minister.

[Matthew Pennycook]

I thank the hon. Lady and appreciate that she was cut off. As Mr Speaker, Madam Deputy Speaker and the other Deputy Speakers remind us, interventions have to be short, but I am sure we can pick up the conversation outside the Chamber. I recognise the impact on communities of the unique challenges that she mentions, particularly the excessive concentrations of second homes and short-term lets.

The hon. Member for St Ives said that the previous Government introduced a limited number of measures in response to concerns expressed in the previous Parliament. In Opposition, I welcomed those measures, while making it clear that they did not go far enough. That remains my firm view, so although we will progress with measures such as the introduction of a registration scheme for short-term lets in England, and the abolishment of the furnished holiday let tax regime, we are also considering what additional powers we might give local authorities to enable them to better respond to the pressures that they face. I will update the House as soon as I am in a position to.

In conclusion, I thank the hon. Member for St Ives once again for giving the House an opportunity to consider these important matters. I look forward to engaging closely with him and all other Cornish Members, so that together we can ensure first homes for all local people in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Question put and agreed to.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Judith Cummins and Matthew Pennycook

Monday 23rd April 2018 Commons Chamber

[Judith Cummins (Bradford South) (Lab)]

7. What recent steps his Department has taken to develop the future accommodation model.

[Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)]

23. What recent steps his Department has taken to develop the future accommodation model.