The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (formerly the Department for Communities and Local Government) job is to create great places to live and work, and to give more power to local people to shape what happens in their area.
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Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
| Date | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jun. 17 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Jun. 17 | Topical Questions | Topical Questions |
| Jan. 22 | Urgent Questions | Tower Blocks: Dangerous Cladding |
| Jun. 27 | Written Statements | Housing Market: House Building and Leasehold Reform |
| Jul. 10 | Westminster Hall | Economic Growth and Environmental Limits |
| May. 13 | Adjournment Debate | Self-build Housing |
| Title | Last Event | Next Event Date | Last Updated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill [HL] 2017-19 | 2nd reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 10 July, 2019 |
Committee stage: House of Lords 4 Sep 2019 |
17 Jul 2019, 11:58 a.m. | |
| A Bill to confer relief from non-domestic rates for hereditaments in England and Wales that consist wholly or mainly of public lavatories; and for connected purposes | ||||
| Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill 2017-19 | 1st reading (Hansard): House of Lords 23 July, 2019 |
2nd reading: House of Lords 10 Sep 2019 |
16 Aug 2019, 11:25 a.m. | |
| Non-Domestic Rating (Nursery Grounds) Act 2018 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 1 November, 2018 | 2 Nov 2018, 12:03 p.m. | ||
| To make provision for buildings used as nursery grounds to be exempt from nondomestic rates in England and Wales. | ||||
| Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceddings) 1 November, 2018 | 2 Nov 2018, 1:27 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision, where two or more hereditaments occupied or owned by the same person meet certain conditions as to contiguity, for those hereditaments to be treated for the purposes of non-domestic rating as one hereditament; and to increase the percentage by which a billing authority in England may increase the council tax payable in respect of a long-term empty dwelling. | ||||
| Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Act 2018 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 10 May, 2018 | 11 May 2018, 1:10 p.m. | ||
| A bill to make provision about the granting of old-style secure tenancies in cases of domestic abuse. | ||||
| Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Act 2018 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 8 February, 2018 | 12 Feb 2018, 2:47 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision enabling relief from non-domestic rates in England and Wales to be conferred in respect of hereditaments used for the purposes of facilitating the transmission of communications by any means involving the use of electrical or electromagnetic energy; and for connected purposes. | ||||
| Tenant Fees Act 2019 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 12 February, 2019 | 11 Mar 2019, 5:17 p.m. | ||
| Make provision prohibiting landlords and letting agents from requiring certain payments to be made or certain other steps to be taken; to make provision about the payment of holding deposits; to make provision about enforcement and about the lead enforcement authority; to amend the provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 about information to be provided by letting agents; to make provision about client money protection schemes; and for connected purposes. | ||||
| Non-Domestic Rating (Preparation for Digital Services) Act 2019 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 4 July, 2019 |
2nd reading: House of Lords 11 Jun 2019 |
5 Jul 2019, 10:21 a.m. | |
| A Bill to make provision enabling the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to incur expenditure in connection with digital services to be provided by them for the purpose of facilitating the administration or payment of non-domestic rates in England | ||||
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee Home Page
Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.
At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries, and the Select Committee will occasionally publish formal reports of their findings.
| Date | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 16 | MHCLG: workforce management information, June 2019 | Transparency |
| Aug. 16 | MHCLG: workforce management information, May 2019 | Transparency |
| Aug. 16 | MHCLG: workforce management information, April 2019 | Transparency |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
| Date | Title | Questioner |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2019, 1:30 p.m. | Non-domestic Rates: Appeals | The Earl of Lytton |
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Question To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in the review of the implementation of the package of reforms they undertook to carry out by 2019 in their response to Check, challenge, appeal: Reforming business rates appeals—consultation on statutory implementation, published in March 2017; and what formal procedures are being put in place to ensure that ratepayers and their representatives have an opportunity to submit representations to that review. Answer (Viscount Younger of Leckie) The Government will communicate the outcomes of its review into the Check Challenge Appeal reforms in due course. We expect that the review will draw upon the formal evaluation of the new system which is being led by the Valuation Office Agency and which is currently underway. This evaluation includes engagement with ratepayers and their representatives. MHCLG and the Valuation Office Agency also work closely together to engage with ratepayers and their representatives on the new appeals system and other issues on an ongoing basis. |
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