"It is a genuine pleasure to follow that constructive speech by the shadow Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for Braintree (Sir James Cleverly). I congratulate the hon. Member for Reigate (Rebecca Paul) on securing a debate on what is without question a critically important and pressing issue for …..." Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
"If the hon. Lady had been present for the debate, she would have heard extensive exchanges on this subject, but I will set out what the Government intend to do to provide leaseholders and residential freeholders with redress in these areas...." Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
"No, I will not give way any further. There is another debate to follow and I will not test your patience, Madam Deputy Speaker.
It is worth saying that the Competition and Markets Authority published a study of the house building industry last year. It recommended stronger protections for homeowners …..." Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
"I won’t. I am more than happy to meet the right hon. Gentleman about this issue, as I do on a regular basis, and pick up these exchanges, but I want to make a bit of progress.
Lastly, the fragmentation of management on many of these estates compounds the problems …..." Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
"Today, I set out further steps the Government are taking to realise the full potential of Greater Cambridge as part of our plans to supercharge growth in the Oxford- Cambridge corridor.
The Oxford-Cambridge region is already home to world-leading universities and globally renowned science and technology firms. It has the …..." Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
"Today, I set out further steps the Government are taking to realise the full potential of greater Cambridge as part of our plans to supercharge growth in the Oxford- Cambridge corridor.
The Oxford-Cambridge region is already home to world-leading universities and globally renowned science and technology firms. It has the …..." Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
"Today is a momentous day, because, subject to agreement from this House, the Renters’ Rights Bill will have completed all its stages and will therefore shortly become law. This House last legislated to fundamentally alter the relationship between landlords and tenants in 1988—I was just six years old. In the …..." Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
"I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that point. We want to provide both renters and landlords with certainty about how the new system will be implemented. I will say a bit more on that in the course of my remarks...." Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
As I made clear when we considered Lords amendments to the Bill on 8 September, although the Government were not prepared to accept amendments that would undermine the core principles of the Bill, we were more than willing to make sensible …..." Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
"The Northern Ireland Assembly can access this legislation online, but I will certainly continue to have conversations with Ministers in all the devolved Administrations about what lessons can be learned from what we have done with this Bill, and about what they can take from it.