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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"It is nice to be called near the beginning of a debate, Mr Deputy Speaker; I am grateful that I have managed to catch your eye—perhaps it is because I have put a tie on today. I am also grateful for the chance to speak on Report, as I sat …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"My right hon. Friend knows Cornwall better than I do; I know it only as a holiday destination. I leave him to make the case for his particular place. I am sure that the Government will engage with him in that conversation. However, consistency is an important outcome from these …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"I agree with the hon. Lady’s premise; I have made the same case to Government myself. I simply point out that last year’s Treasury report, which I was reading this morning, which laid out the conclusions of an initial review of business rates, set out a five-year timetable for change. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"As I just said, as far as I can see, the provision is already there and therefore the new clause is unnecessary. Our conversations about devolution within the region have revolved massively around adult skills. In the future, I would like to see Government further devolve powers in related areas, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"Does the hon. Member not accept that, if we allow every area to dictate the way it has devolution in the way it would like to have it, we would end up with a ridiculous hotchpotch of systems across the country that makes no coherent sense? Our system of local …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I want to give the Committee a change of scenery for five minutes, before I let somebody else speak. I will not develop these points; I will just add a thought that the Minister might wish to take away …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)

"I support the principles of the new clauses, although I will suggest a way in which they might need to be amended so as to apply not just to planning meetings, but to all council meetings. Throughout the pandemic, councils were allowed—and therefore invested in the technology—to permit members of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Jun 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"Needless to say I support the Bill, and in the brief time available to me I shall focus on some small elements of it.

We have heard a lot about planning, which speaks to the fear I raised with the Minister for Housing just a week or so ago when …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Jun 2022
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

"My right hon. Friend rightly points out that planning often leads to a heated debate in this Chamber and can be quite a complicated issue. He also knows that the other elements of the Bill such as devolution, locally-led development corporations and all the other factors can have a huge …..."
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Written Question
Housing: Construction
Wednesday 19th January 2022

Asked by: Ben Bradley (Conservative - Mansfield)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has powers to impose sanctions on developers for providing unfinished or poor quality homes to homeowners.

Answered by Christopher Pincher

My Department sets the standards that developers are required to follow including through planning requirements and building regulations. Local planning authorities and building control bodies hold enforcement powers. Developers are required to ensure that new houses are built correctly and to comply with building regulations. Building inspectors check to ensure that these requirements are met on new homes. The Department may also restrict access to Government support or funding such as Help to Buy, which has recently been used to exclude Rydon Homes where there are concerns about unacceptable business practices.

The Building Safety Bill, currently before Parliament, includes provisions to strengthen the building safety regime including through the Building Safety Regulator, which will have oversight of the whole of the built environment and the New Homes Ombudsman scheme. Developers will be required to become members of the Ombudsman scheme, which will investigate and determine complaints from new build homebuyers against their developers.