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Lee Dillon

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Speaker's Statement
Monday 28th October 2024

(3 weeks, 3 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mike Tapp Portrait Mike Tapp (Dover and Deal) (Lab)
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1. What steps her Department is taking to increase the supply of housing.

Lee Dillon Portrait Mr Lee Dillon (Newbury) (LD)
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7. What steps her Department is taking to increase the supply of housing.

Josh Simons Portrait Josh Simons (Makerfield) (Lab)
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18. What steps her Department is taking to increase the supply of housing in towns in the Makerfield constituency.

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Lee Dillon Portrait Mr Dillon
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Will the Secretary of State consider allowing councils the ability to buy land for houses based on current use rather than hope value, and commit to reforming the Land Compensation Act 1961?

Angela Rayner Portrait Angela Rayner
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The hon. Member will know that we are looking at a number of measures to help council houses to be built. Further measures will be announced in the Budget, as I have mentioned in a written ministerial statement today. We want councils and social housing providers to be able to build those homes, and we will help them as much as we can.

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