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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Levelling Up Rural Britain

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Levelling Up Rural Britain

"Does my hon. Friend agree that light rail also has a part to play in many rural areas? In Hertfordshire, we are looking at putting in a light railway between Welwyn Garden City and Harlow, and I am arguing that, in north Hertfordshire, we should eventually have a link between …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Levelling Up Rural Britain

"There’s a Whip there, look!..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Jun 2022
Solar Farms and Battery Storage

"This is not just happening in the west country; we are getting it in Hertfordshire. We have a number of applications for quite substantial areas of productive farmland. We are talking about 150 or 200 acres, and quite a few of these pieces of land are all in one area, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"We have the same problems in North East Hertfordshire, with towns such as Watton-at-Stone having flooding problems because of many new houses, inadequate storm drains and not enough balancing ponds. Will my right hon. Friend redouble his efforts in talking to DEFRA to ensure that we get better storm drainage …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Planning (Enforcement) Bill

"Does my hon. Friend agree that intentional unauthorised development leads to a great loss of confidence among local residents when it is allowed to go unchecked? Does he agree it is extremely odd and an anomaly in the planning system that a council can secure a court injunction to stop …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Jan 2020
Homelessness

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that St Mungo’s started the campaign on rough sleeping, in the late 1980s, with a lot of Conservatives supporting it? The initiatives that John Major’s Government put in place under Sir George Young, as he then was, were the start of the work to …..."
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Written Question
Travellers: Caravan Sites
Wednesday 15th January 2020

Asked by: Oliver Heald (Conservative - North East Hertfordshire)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to strengthen civil law in respect of intentional unauthorised development; and what the timetable is for such action.

Answered by Esther McVey

In the Government’s response last year to our consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments, we committed to strengthening national planning policy on intentional unauthorised development. We intend to consult on proposals for doing so shortly.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jul 2019
Intentional Unauthorised Development

"In my constituency of North East Hertfordshire, there have recently been intentional unauthorised developments of caravan sites on land bought by Travellers. This is becoming more common nationally and has been increasing locally.

It is important that the rule of law is upheld. To local residents who abide by the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jul 2019
Intentional Unauthorised Development

"I accept that point. It seems to me that we are trying to have an orderly planning system on which people can rely as a level playing field, equal for all. If the planning system is not enforced, we end up with a system that can be railroaded, which is …..."
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