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Written Question
Non-domestic Rates
Wednesday 13th February 2019

Asked by: Alex Chalk (Conservative - Cheltenham)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking in conjunction with local authorities to ensure that eligible businesses benefit from the forthcoming reduction in business rates as soon as that reduction comes into force.

Answered by Rishi Sunak

The Government is working closely with local authorities to implement the retail discount announced at the Budget. In November the Department issued guidance to local authorities and will be providing new burdens funding to meet the costs of implementation. MHCLG will shortly be writing to authorities to remind them of the need to grant the relief to eligible businesses from April 2019 and to do all they can to ensure that businesses are aware of the support available.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Feb 2019
Economic Growth: South-west

"May I remind the hon. Gentleman that Cheltenham is a proud part of the south-west? It is the gateway to the south-west and, in fact, the jewel of the south-west. Does he agree?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Feb 2019
Economic Growth: South-west

"rose—..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Feb 2019
Economic Growth: South-west

"Town!..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Feb 2019
Economic Growth: South-west

"In the three minutes available, may I say that although we rightly talk about economic growth, we need to step back and ask what we mean by that and why it matters? It matters, because it is all very well for us to say that we believe in social mobility—I …..."
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Written Question
Gazumping
Tuesday 18th December 2018

Asked by: Alex Chalk (Conservative - Cheltenham)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to tackle gazumping in the housing market.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

The Government explored this in our consultation on improving the home buying and selling process during which the most common response to the question on gazumping was for buyers and sellers to commit earlier in the process.

Informed by this consultation, we are now working to increase the use of reservation agreements to support buyers and sellers to commit earlier in the home buying and selling process and reduce the rate of failed transactions, which currently stands at over 25 percent. In particular we are working with industry to develop a standardised reservation agreement and we are going to commission behavioural insight analysis to support their implementation.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Section 21 Evictions

"The hon. Lady is making a powerful speech, and the examples she is giving emphasise why it is important to re-examine the balance in this area; she has made that argument powerfully. Has she made any assessment of what the potential impact could be on the pipeline of available housing? …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Section 21 Evictions

"I am entirely persuaded that landlords who issue a notice in a cynical, cruel and egregious way—in an almost deliberately upsetting way—should not be in a position to do so. The difficulty is in what an appropriate pretext or legitimate reason to seek to end a tenancy is. Can the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Section 21 Evictions

"It is a pleasure to say a few words with you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone. I thank the hon. Member for Westminster North (Ms Buck) for her excellent speech. I had not intended to speak in this debate, but I wanted to say that I find it very powerful, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Section 21 Evictions

"The hon. Gentleman knows how fond I am of him and his remarks, but his slightly party political point tempts me to intervene. This debate is about whether it is right to update the 1988 legislation. Does he accept that his party was in power between 1997 and 2010 but …..."
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