Housing White Paper

Kit Malthouse Excerpts

Tuesday 7th February 2017 Commons Chamber

[Sajid Javid]

No one is saying that modular homes and factory build will be the panacea, but they do have an important contribution to make. Traditional building remains important and that will remain the case for many years to come. Part of trying to get more skills into the sector involves the apprenticeship levy, which comes into place in April. I was proud to introduce it as Business Secretary and have already heard about construction companies’ plans to take on more apprentices.

[Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire) (Con)]

I welcome the standardisation of the calculation of housing supply for local authorities. Will the Secretary of State confirm that that means that no permission should be granted outside the envelope of approved local and neighbourhood plans?

[Sajid Javid]

That is what it means.