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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Mar 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"In high-value areas such as St Albans, previous planning reforms have meant that office space has been turned over to residential. Couple that with high business rates and there is a serious danger of losing much of our high streets in many areas similar to mine. What more can be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Dec 2018
Deaths of Homeless People

"I know that my right hon. Friend is a compassionate man who is concerned about the many routes that exist to being homeless. We have rough sleepers in St Albans, and, having talked to the council’s chief executive, I know for a fact that they have been approached to try …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Dec 2018
Southend Hospital

"Order. There is plenty of opportunity to make speeches, but interventions must be short. May I ask you to bring that remark to a close?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Dec 2018
Southend Hospital

"Order...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Dec 2018
Southend Hospital

"I thank the Minister for that clarity and hope that the hon. Lady is concluding her remarks...."
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Written Question
Homelessness
Monday 2nd July 2018

Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the report entitled Everybody In: How to end homelessness in Great Britain, published by Crisis in 2018, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the proposals in that report; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Nigel Adams

The Government is aware homelessness goes beyond just Westminster, which is why the Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel was set up. The panel, of which Crisis CEO Jon Sparkes is a member, provides evidence-based advice which the Government will consider ahead of the upcoming Rough Sleeping Strategy.

This Government is pleased at the manner in which the report is aligned with our actions. For example, the report calls for the implementation of schemes such as Housing First. In last autumn’s budget, £28 million of funding was announced for pilots in Manchester, Liverpool and the West Midlands. These pilots will support around 1,000 people, including some of the most long-term rough sleepers.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 May 2018
Tower Block Cladding

"If we are banning the cladding, which is absolutely right, are we also banning bad work practices to ensure that all installations and all retrofittings are of an acceptable standard, so that there is no compromise with regard to the new cladding put on?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Apr 2018
Windrush

"I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his wonderful new position. The Windrush generation, like many others, were a generation of pen, paper and hard-copy documents. On the decision in 2009 to do away with those hard-copy documents, will he, when he has a quiet moment, look back and see …..."
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Written Question
Sustainable Development
Wednesday 7th December 2016

Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition of sustainable his Department uses in relation to planning, infrastructure and strategic priorities.

Answered by Lord Barwell

The policies in paragraph 18 to 219 of the National Planning Policy Framework, taken as a whole, constitute the Government’s view of what sustainable development in England means in practice for the planning system.

The Framework is clear that local planning authorities should work collaboratively with other bodies to ensure that strategic priorities across local boundaries are properly co-ordinated and clearly reflected in Local Plans. As part of this process, they should consider producing joint planning policies on strategic matters and informal strategies such as joint infrastructure and investment plans.

Written Question
Green Belt
Monday 6th June 2016

Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to review his policy on the green belt to take account of changes in the levels of migration.

Answered by Brandon Lewis

Local planning authorities are best placed to decide whether changes to estimated population and housing need levels in their area would meet the very special circumstances for permitting inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and the exceptional circumstances in which Green Belt boundaries may be adjusted through the Local Plan process.