Written Question
Tuesday 16th January 2024
Asked by:
Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applications to the building safety fund have been (a) submitted and (b) successful by constituency.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The department publishes a range of statistics regarding building safety which can be accessed here. We note the honourable Member’s interest in further disaggregation of this data and will consider it for future data updates and releases.
Written Question
Friday 16th June 2023
Asked by:
Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government's publication A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation, published on 29 March 2023, how much and what proportion of the budget of each regulator in their Department was spent on regulation of artificial intelligence in the latest period for which information is available; how many staff in each regulator worked (a) wholly and (b) partly on those issues in the latest period for which information is available; and whether those regulators plan to increase resources for their work on artificial intelligence.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
We do not have a regulator of artificial intelligence associated with this Department.
Written Question
Tuesday 30th November 2021
Asked by:
Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
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 announce details of the remainder of the £5 billion Building Safety Fund, including how to apply for grants.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
Buildings that may have missed the original registration deadline for the Building Safety Fund will have a further opportunity to register. Details on how to do this will be provided in due course.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]
"The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill sets ground rents on new leasehold homes to peppercorn levels. We welcome this very small step towards reform, and will not oppose the Bill this evening.
Generating income through high ground rents is an outrageous practice, as has been discussed, but serious leasehold reform …..."Lucy Powell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]
"My good and hon. Friend makes an extremely well-made point. The practice of new homes being built as leasehold, and sold as leasehold—buyers often do not even know that at first—has got out of all kilter lately, especially in north Wales and north-west England, where it has been a particularly …..."Lucy Powell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]
"Absolutely. My hon. Friend makes a really good point. People are trapped in this situation, because we all know that when we look to buy a home, we look at the overheads, and the ongoing service charges, ground rents and other costs. In recent years, those things have rightly been …..."Lucy Powell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]
"I am glad the right hon. Gentleman raises that point, because I am sure colleagues around the House will be keen to highlight—..."Lucy Powell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]
"I will first try to answer it, and then when I do not answer it very well, I will give way to my right hon. Friend to give a better answer. What I do know is that, unfortunately, many people who bought houses in this situation were advised to use …..."Lucy Powell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]
"Absolutely; my right hon. Friend makes a very good point as well. Many people, especially first-time buyers, do not understand the difference between leasehold, freehold and so on, and many of these issues come to light only as problems arise later or when they try to sell the property...."Lucy Powell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]
"My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and there is a very strong basis for a wider mis-selling scandal inquiry. Many properties are affected: in terms of houses, for which the practice has been particularly egregious, more than 500,000 leasehold houses have been built over the past 10 years. The …..."Lucy Powell - View Speech
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