Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lee Rowley and Mary Robinson
Monday 23rd July 2018

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lee Rowley Portrait Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire) (Con)
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10. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to build new homes.

Mary Robinson Portrait Mary Robinson (Cheadle) (Con)
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18. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to build new homes.

Kit Malthouse Portrait The Minister for Housing (Kit Malthouse)
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New homes should be built out as soon as possible once planning permission is granted, and under this Government net additional dwellings are at their highest since 2007-08. We are building on progress made so far by revising the national planning policy framework and diversifying the market to increase the pace of development, and I have commissioned my right hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin) to lead a review of build-out rates.

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