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Written Question
Housing: Construction
Tuesday 8th December 2020

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking through the Planning White Paper to balance the building of new homes with the provision of sufficient infrastructure to support growing communities.

Answered by Christopher Pincher

We understand how important it is to local communities that new housing development is supported by the provision of infrastructure. The?proposal?to create a new Infrastructure Levy,?as set out in the?Planning for the Future?White Paper,?will?support?a more streamlined and accessible planning system. The new Levy will raise at least as much value as is currently captured through CIL and section 106 and?will continue to?be collected and spent at the local level, on priorities including infrastructure and affordable housing.

The consultation on the White Paper closed on 29 October. It is important that we analyse and scrutinise the consultation feedback thoroughly, and we will respond formally.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Dec 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

"When I voted to leave the European Union, it was not primarily over concerns with immigration or concerns about how we would divvy up the money that came back from the contributions we would not be making to the European Union; it was entirely as a constitutional lever. I believe …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Dec 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

"I will give way once—to my right hon. Friend...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Dec 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

"I entirely agree. I have used the analogy myself that this is a lifeboat that we hope we never have to launch. We hope the ship will never go down because we will reach a trade agreement, and we should reach a trade agreement because, as I said earlier in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Nov 2020
Leaseholders and Cladding

"This is an issue of huge concern to many of my constituents in Portishead. It must be an absolute principle that leaseholders must be protected from the cost of remediation for safety issues that were not their fault. I welcome the Government’s support and approach. A £1.6 billion taxpayers’ commitment …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2020
Housing: North Somerset

"I am very grateful for this opportunity to raise the issue of housing and house building numbers for North Somerset. I will make some comments about the general situation, how we got to this point and elements that affect my constituency. Then, with your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, my hon. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2020
Housing: North Somerset

"Will my hon. Friend accept that his argument is further strengthened by the fact that the housing density in many of our cities in the United Kingdom is well below the level of housing density that is taken for granted in most cities in Europe?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2020
Housing: North Somerset

"May I take my right hon. Friend back to what the market has actually delivered over time? Does he accept that if councils are given targets for housing that are utterly unrealistic in relation to the numbers that have been built over time, the Government are likely to miss their …..."
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Written Question
Housing: Carbon Emissions
Wednesday 13th January 2016

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage zero-carbon housing; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm

I refer my rt. hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 23 October 2015, PQ 12627.

Written Question
Housing: Carbon Emissions
Monday 30th November 2015

Asked by: Liam Fox (Conservative - North Somerset)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage zero carbon housing.

Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm

I refer my rt. Hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 23 October 2015, PQ 12627.