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Debate between Scott Mann and Alex Burghart
Monday 22nd July 2019

(4 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Scott Mann Portrait Scott Mann (North Cornwall) (Con)
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1. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the time it takes to build new homes.

Alex Burghart Portrait Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar) (Con)
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19. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the time it takes to build new homes.

James Brokenshire Portrait The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (James Brokenshire)
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More housing was delivered across England last year than in all but one of the past 31 years. We have examined the recommendations of my right hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin) on the build-out review, and the Government responded in full at the spring statement earlier this year with a commitment to speed up the planning system and introduce new guidance to encourage diversification.