Written Question
Thursday 19th September 2024
Asked by:
Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of construction skills shortages on the current rates of house building and infrastructure development.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
- Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
To meet the Government’s commitment to deliver 1.5 million homes over this Parliament, alongside net zero and housing quality objectives, we will need to expand and upskill the construction workforce. We are working with the construction industry to ensure we have the workforce necessary to meet our housebuilding ambitions through the delivery of sufficient high-quality training opportunities which will build a diverse workforce that is fit for the future.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 08 Jul 2022
Local Authority (Housing Allocation) Bill [HL]
"That the Bill be now read a second time...."Lord Mann - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 08 Jul 2022
Local Authority (Housing Allocation) Bill [HL]
"My Lords, the sun is shining on this Bill today. First, the RMT arranged a strike so that the date could be moved to today for me to present it, and yesterday the Prime Minister kindly timed his resignation to give a clear sign that the days of an overcentralising …..."Lord Mann - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 08 Jul 2022
Local Authority (Housing Allocation) Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions. This is the problem with the big state and Whitehall. The Minister just gave the figure of 431 houses out of the 4,500 housing allocation in Bassetlaw coming from neighbourhood plans. I will read the actual figures, because when the people …..."Lord Mann - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 08 Jul 2022
Local Authority (Housing Allocation) Bill [HL]
"I am quoting statistics about how the local council is allocating land for housing where the numbers have been arrived at using the law in order to reach a target that the Government have arbitrarily set. If the local council had the power to set it entirely, as other local …..."Lord Mann - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 15 Nov 2021
Islamophobia
"Imam Qari Asim, whom the Government appointed to assist with this in 2019, has been a magnificent ally in the fight against anti-Semitism and had a huge impact in West Yorkshire on Covid vaccinations in the Muslim community. Would it not be in the Government’s interests to find more work …..."Lord Mann - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Gypsies and Travellers
"Would it not be helpful to have a national website that identifies temporary sites? Indeed, would it not be quite possible for local authorities to be able to live-time the number of vacancies on those sites so that everyone can see what is available and where?..."Lord Mann - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 21st June 2021
Asked by:
Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what powers local councils have to ensure all those who attend council meetings provide a negative test result for COVID-19 before they are allowed entrance to those meetings in the period for which COVID-19 restrictions are in place.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 9 June 2021 to PQ HL577 and HL578, see (attached) the links:
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-25/hl577
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-25/hl578
Written Question
Monday 21st June 2021
Asked by:
Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they intend to provide to local councils to comply safely with holding council meetings in public.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 9 June 2021 to PQ HL577 and HL578, see (attached) the links:
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-25/hl577
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-25/hl578
Written Question
Wednesday 9th June 2021
Asked by:
Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, while national COVID-19 restrictions remain in force, what powers local councils have to ensure that all those who attend council meetings have tested negative for COVID-19 before they are permitted entry.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
Ultimately it is for individual local authorities to satisfy themselves that they have met the requirements for public access and apply the COVID-19 guidance to ensure meetings take place safely. Government has published updated guidance to highlight ways in which councils can, if necessary, minimise the need for, or risks of, face-to-face meetings.