Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"5. What assessment he has made of the impact of the proposals in the levelling-up White Paper on regional inequality in the UK. ..."Jason McCartney - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"I have been supporting the levelling-up fund bid by my hon. Friends the Members for Dewsbury (Mark Eastwood) and for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Miriam Cates) to upgrade the Huddersfield-Penistone-Sheffield railway line. I have also been working on my own bid to regenerate disused mills in my Colne Valley constituency. Will …..."Jason McCartney - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Feb 2022
Levelling Up
"I really welcome this statement. I welcome that Kirklees will be an education investment area. I welcome that Kirklees will get extra support from the high streets task force, but can we make sure that it is not just the swanky cities of the north like Leeds that are levelled …..."Jason McCartney - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 26th January 2022
Asked by:
Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to introduce the direction on local planning authorities to consult with him on developments that affect ancient woodlands; and when he plans launch the consultation on revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
In Planning for the Future we make clear that, under the reforms proposed, local authorities would use the plan-making process to ensure the continued protection and enhancement of areas important for biodiversity, including ancient woodland.
The consultation direction has been committed to and further details on this will follow in due course. While the necessary changes are awaited there is, in the meantime the option for requests to be made for individual applications to be called in for determination by the Secretary of State, using the broad powers under section 77 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
As part of our reforms, we have set out that the National Planning Policy Framework will be revised. Our approach to planning reform remains under very active consideration, in the context of my departments’ wider mission to level-up our country. The way forward will be announced as soon as possible.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Apr 2021
Post Office Court of Appeal Judgment
"I have constituents who are among the hundreds of victims of this appalling scandal. One has been telling me this morning that she could not even be in London last week to hear the outcome of this judgment because she could not afford the cost of travel. What mechanism is …..."Jason McCartney - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Apr 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
" According to the Woodland Trust’s “State of the UK’s Woods and Trees” report, 1,225 ancient woods across the UK are under threat from development, and the number of ancient woods being damaged by development continues to increase. How will the MHCLG strengthen planning policy further to properly protect this …..."Jason McCartney - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Feb 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
" What steps he is taking to reform planning rules in England. ..."Jason McCartney - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Feb 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"Labour-run Kirklees Council’s local plan keeps seeing unsustainable housing developments being approved on greenfield sites, with shoddy build quality, flooding issues, and the allocated section 106 funding—supposedly for community infrastructure—just not coming through for those communities. What would the Minister say to my constituents, who are totally fed up with …..."Jason McCartney - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Nov 2020
Towns Fund
"I have been watching on with great admiration at the way in which Labour-run Kirklees Council has been working closely with my hon. Friend the Member for Dewsbury (Mark Eastwood) on their transformational bid to the towns fund for the town of Dewsbury in the constituency neighbouring mine. The Secretary …..."Jason McCartney - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Oct 2020
Planning and House Building
"The debate is timely for my constituents, who are currently fighting unsuitable and unsustainable housing developments across my West Yorkshire constituency. Developments include those on Netherton Moor Road, in Crosland Moor on Blackmoorfoot Road, in Pentlands on New Mill Road and on Wesley Avenue in Netherthong. Labour-run Kirklees Council’s local …..."Jason McCartney - View Speech
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