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Commons Chamber
Civil Aviation - Wed 18 Oct 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Jesse Norman (Con - Hereford and South Herefordshire) However, it is not only important to the sector but a useful illustration of the work of Ministers and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 17 Oct 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) have regard” to these disparities in the preparation and review of all the missions falls some way short - Speech Link
2: None In short, the Government’s amendment in lieu will replace a precise set of requirements, namely those - Speech Link
3: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) However, the Government amendment in lieu falls short, in failing to require local planning authorities - Speech Link
4: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) and other rural constituencies, and to introduce new planning classes for second homes and holiday lets - Speech Link
5: None My one ask of the Government—in addition to what I have said in my short speech—is that this must be - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 16 Oct 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) Regulation) Act 2023, which received Royal Assent in July, will deliver transformative change across the sector - Speech Link
2: Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker - Chorley) Topicals should be short and sweet. The right hon. - Speech Link
3: Samantha Dixon (LAB - City of Chester) The Government consulted on short-term lets earlier this year. - Speech Link
4: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) As she rightly points out, the abuse of short-term lets is a significant issue in rural and coastal areas - Speech Link
5: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) The scourge of damp and mould, particularly but not exclusively in the social and private rented sector - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Youth Programmes and Girlguiding - Tue 19 Sep 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Does she agree that our thanks should go to those in the voluntary sector and the churches, which are - Speech Link
2: Caroline Dinenage (CON - Gosport) at Netherurd under the guise of covid, and the site has now already been rubber-stamped into holiday lets - Speech Link
3: Caroline Nokes (CON - Romsey and Southampton North) There is a real concern in the New Forest about holiday lets, which my right hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 14 Sep 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (CON - Portsmouth North) Not a week goes by without the SNP messing up some particular sector or service. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) Health is again getting the short straw in the planning system and we urgently need to sort this out. - Speech Link
3: Christine Jardine (LDEM - Edinburgh West) Will the Leader of the House commit to a short window of Government time, if not on the sitting Friday - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Report stage: Part 2 - Wed 13 Sep 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Shipley (LDEM - Life peer) lets taking over the long-term private rented sector. - Speech Link
2: Earl Howe (CON - Excepted Hereditary) We recognise that large volumes of second homes or short-term lets can become an issue when they are - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023 - Mon 11 Sep 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Craig Mackinlay (CON - South Thanet) I had some lighting done and decided on an app that lets me put the lightbulb on from this room should - Speech Link
2: George Freeman (CON - Mid Norfolk) Some important points were made for the record, and I will try to keep my speech as short as possible - Speech Link
3: George Freeman (CON - Mid Norfolk) Our mandating necessarily broad regulation across a sector as inherently complex as technology security - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Report stage: Part 1 - Wed 06 Sep 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Berkeley (LAB - Life peer) and cycling route”.This is confusing for local authorities, especially when they are probably very short - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (LAB - Life peer) What discussions has the Secretary of State undertaken with the sector on these proposed powers? - Speech Link
3: Lord Best (CB - Life peer) For the moment, 300,000 homes is a sensible, short-term target.Why is it so improbable that this figure - Speech Link
4: Lord Stunell (LDEM - Life peer) As a junior Minister, I drew the always available short straw, and I was faced—or rather I was backed - Speech Link
5: Baroness Pinnock (LDEM - Life peer) on short-term lets and every six months are having to post on Facebook, “Is there a home to rent in - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Land Use in England Committee Report - Tue 25 Jul 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Dillington (CB - Life peer) The corporate sector also needs guidelines in this respect. - Speech Link
2: Earl of Devon (CB - Excepted Hereditary) The sector is drowning in well-intentioned initials and is confused. Are we farmers making food? - Speech Link
3: Earl of Leicester (CON - Excepted Hereditary) A 30% thinning of a wood every seven to 10 years lets in more light and speeds up growth of trees in - Speech Link
4: Lord Lucas (CON - Excepted Hereditary) We are very short on that at the moment. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Housing Crisis: Rural and Coastal Communities - Mon 24 Jul 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Best (CB - Life peer) , particularly in tourist hotspots, where these have been replaced by Airbnb-style short-term lets. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Swinburne (CON - Life peer) propose to introduce a planning use class for short-term lets and a registration scheme for all such - Speech Link
3: Baroness Swinburne (CON - Life peer) I will note back to the comments about the registration scheme for short-term lets, which will capture - Speech Link
4: Lord Foster of Bath (LDEM - Life peer) What will be done about the growing number of second homes that will not become short-term lets? - Speech Link