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Monday 9th June 2025

(5 days, 9 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matthew Pennycook Portrait Matthew Pennycook
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I am always happy to meet my hon. Friend. I know she has had constructive conversations with the Minister with responsibility for building safety, my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham North and Kimberley (Alex Norris), but I am happy to meet her.

Jess Brown-Fuller Portrait Jess Brown-Fuller (Chichester) (LD)
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Three hundred social homes are at risk in my Chichester constituency, despite having outline planning permission, because developers are rejecting offers from registered providers. Will the Minister commit to action to stop developers evading their obligation, and will he meet me to help me protect the delivery of these social homes?

Matthew Pennycook Portrait Matthew Pennycook
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We recognise the challenges around uncontracted section 106 units. A complex array of factors has led us to this point, but we are giving serious consideration to how we unblock the problem, and how we get those section 106 homes allocated and people living in them.