Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Matthew Pennycook and Adam Thompson

Monday 7th September 2026 Commons Chamber

[Matthew Pennycook]

It is not a blanket policy; it relates to well-connected stations. I have set out the definition, with appropriate minimum densities to go with it.

[Adam Thompson (Erewash) (Lab)]

Empty shops that are rundown because of absentee landlords are a blight on our town centres, but Labour-run Erewash borough council is fixing the problem through clean-up orders, such as the one served to the Burton building in Long Eaton—as soon as it was renovated, new businesses moved right in—but clean-up orders can be very time-consuming, so what more can the Government do to tackle absentee landlords and bring shops back into use?