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Westminster Hall
Inner-London Local Authorities: Funding - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) of school placements and home-to-school transport.That is all before we get to housing. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Does she feel that there should be a focus on trying to use those sites for social housing and improve - Speech Link
3: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) In my constituency, we have council and housing association-owned sites with planning permission that - Speech Link
4: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Chair, my hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Jimmy Lai: Prison Sentence - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Before doing so, they granted full planning permission for the huge and ghastly Chinese embassy in London - Speech Link
2: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) legal team at Doughty Street Chambers, and with his son and daughter, Sebastien and Claire, whom the - Speech Link
3: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) Will the Government revoke the planning permission granted for the super-embassy spy hub, and will China - Speech Link
4: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) every opportunity and at every level of government, and that we continue to work on it publicly and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Hospitals: Delayed Discharges - Mon 09 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Pitkeathley (Lab - Life peer) , not just the NHS and social care but the families of patients and the community services provided by - Speech Link
2: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) , including health, social care, housing, voluntary and community partners and the families themselves - Speech Link
3: Lord Laming (XB - Life peer) It is serious and will get worse. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) services for our frail and elderly in particular. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) That is why we are working across departments, from housing and education to employment and welfare, - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) and Housing Act 1989, covering companies in which local authorities have interests. - Speech Link
3: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab - Life peer) remote and disconnected from the rest of public services such as social care, housing and education, - Speech Link
4: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) Strategic authorities making decisions on transport, housing, planning and economic development, therefore - Speech Link
5: Baroness Willis of Summertown (XB - Life peer) , housing, transport and infrastructure will shape England’s carbon emissions, climate resilience and - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sustainable Drainage Systems - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Martin Wrigley (LD - Newton Abbot) Those have been put into planning applications for developers, who then spend a lot of time and money - Speech Link
2: Martin Wrigley (LD - Newton Abbot) because the SuDS has not been built properly and the pipes have not been connected.The local planning - Speech Link
3: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) I am interested in looking at regional planning—this is in the White Paper—and how to bring together - Speech Link
4: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) We currently think that that could be through changes to planning policy and adoption and maintenance - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Construction Industry: Timber - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) We have reformed the planning system, and tried to unblock stalled housing sites and increase the supply - Speech Link
2: Lord Carrington (XB - Excepted Hereditary) As we have heard, timber products are vital to construction, infrastructure, housing and logistics. - Speech Link
3: Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) estates and designs up and down the country. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) planning officers as well. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Postal Services: Rural Areas - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Stuart Anderson (Con - South Shropshire) Friend and constituency neighbour and I share the same concerns. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Friday one week, and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday the next week—and that first-class letters will - Speech Link
3: Blair McDougall (Lab - East Renfrewshire) missing dress and the diesel lorry with Royal Mail—and that is as true in the south of Scotland and rural - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Construction Industry Training Board: Funding - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Steve Race (Lab - Exeter) a huge range of large and small firms, including those that do bricklaying and carpentry, as well as - Speech Link
2: Steve Race (Lab - Exeter) to be remote and impersonal, and that they take longer to organise training. - Speech Link
3: Steve Race (Lab - Exeter) to and take-up of apprenticeships and closing the skills gap across the country. - Speech Link
4: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) by helping firms with grant applications, facilitating workforce planning and sharing best practice - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Pinnock (LD - Life peer) and planning development. - Speech Link
2: Lord Lansley (Con - Life peer) planning reforms, we accelerate housing delivery and growth. - Speech Link
3: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) One is transport and local infrastructure, a second is housing and strategic planning, a third is economic - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Lords for these amendments relating to planning and housing. - Speech Link
5: None Trade and the planning responsibilities under the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Liz Kendall (Lab - Leicester West) and the impact on our democracy and the political process. - Speech Link
2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) It funds more tests and scans, meaning faster diagnosis and treatment, and tailored treatment in specialist - Speech Link
3: Neil Hudson (Con - Epping Forest) situation, but will the Prime Minister listen and act now, close the Bell hotel once and for all, and - Speech Link
4: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) We are investing a record £3.5 billion in homelessness services and £950 million in local authority housing - Speech Link