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Written Question
Students: Housing
Thursday 22nd June 2023

Asked by: David Morris (Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the exemption in the Renters Reform Bill to allow fixed term tenancies for purpose built student accommodation to include all student accommodation.

Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch

The Department is carefully considering the impact of our reforms on the student housing market. We recognise there is a general annual lettings cycle and are considering solutions, such as a ground for possession that enables landlords to guarantee vacant possession for next year's tenants. Any solution needs to balance the needs of both students and landlords, and we will continue to engage with the sector. I am happy to discuss this matter further with my Hon. Friend.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Feb 2022
Levelling Up

"Eden Project North gained planning permission on Monday. Five long years, but we got there in the end. I will put it bluntly: how can my right hon. Friend help Eden Project North? The sooner he helps me, the sooner I will shut up about it and the sooner I …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 Sep 2021
Eden North: Benefits for Lancashire

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the economic benefits of Eden North for Lancashire.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I am delighted to be here today to debate the economic benefits of the proposed Eden Project North in Morecambe, Lancashire, a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 May 2021
Affordable and Safe Housing for All

"I wish to convey to the House a tragedy that occurred in my constituency in the early hours of Sunday morning—at 2.36 am to be precise. As it happened, I was wide awake. I heard a loud explosion from my community, a quarter of a mile from where I live, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Feb 2021
Eden Project North

"I am delighted to be able to open this Adjournment debate on an issue that is close to my heart and, indeed, to the hearts of many in the north of England, and certainly my constituents. I wish to focus attention on how to persuade the Government to help us …..."
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Written Question
Non-domestic Rates
Monday 11th February 2019

Asked by: David Morris (Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the amount that he (a) has allocated and (b) will allocate to each local authority area from the £10 billion of business rates support.

Answered by Rishi Sunak

The Government has introduced a range of business rates reforms and measures in England estimated to be worth over £13 billion between 2019-20 and 2023-24. It is not possible to accurately estimate support at a local authority level.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Nov 2018
Budget Resolutions

"Does not my right hon. Friend agree that more money has gone into services over the years and into communities, but these accusations of cuts are directly as a result of Labour’s great recession?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Nov 2018
Budget Resolutions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Nov 2018
Budget Resolutions

"Does the right hon. Gentleman not agree that the Macmillan era was post-war, when Britain was bombed out and we had the Marshall fund to back us up?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Nov 2018
Budget Resolutions

"Morecambe has had more money given under this Conservative-led Government since 2010 than it has ever seen before. We have had delivered, by a Conservative-led Government and a Conservative county council, £130 million for a link road, £11 million for sea wall defences, £4 million recently for a bridge upgrade, …..."
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