To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.

Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Written Question
Housing: Construction
Thursday 7th December 2023

Asked by: Richard Bacon (Conservative - South Norfolk)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will (a) commence section 123 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 and (b) consult on draft regulations under that section.

Answered by Lee Rowley

The Government is moving quickly to commence section 123 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 in due course and will consult with the sector and local authorities when bringing regulations under section 2A subsection (5A) of the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015, as amended by section 123 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.

Speech in General Committees - Wed 09 Mar 2022
Draft Combined Authorities (Borrowing) Regulations 2022

"It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard.

Like my hon. Friend the Member for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, who is my parliamentary neighbour, I was struck by the comments of the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Weaver Vale. It is now 50 years …..."
Richard Bacon - View Speech

View all Richard Bacon (Con - South Norfolk) contributions to the debate on: Draft Combined Authorities (Borrowing) Regulations 2022
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"There is very clear evidence that people who commission their own houses do so to much higher environmental standards, thus doing their own bit to protect against climate change. What plans do Ministers have to make it easier for ordinary people on normal incomes to get a serviced plot of …..."
Richard Bacon - View Speech

View all Richard Bacon (Con - South Norfolk) contributions to the debate on: Oral Answers to Questions
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Mar 2020
Community Housing

"It is a pleasure to lead this Adjournment debate, the subject of which is support for community housing—a phrase that comes from the 2019 Conservative manifesto, on which my Conservative colleagues and I fought the recent general election. The manifesto, perhaps for lack of space, conflates two of my life-favourite …..."
Richard Bacon - View Speech

View all Richard Bacon (Con - South Norfolk) contributions to the debate on: Community Housing
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Mar 2020
Community Housing

"I recommend that my hon. Friend talks to the National Community Land Trust Network, because the truth is that there are lots of different solutions that work in different environments. He will have heard, as I did, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government say earlier that …..."
Richard Bacon - View Speech

View all Richard Bacon (Con - South Norfolk) contributions to the debate on: Community Housing
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Mar 2020
Community Housing

"I agree with everything my hon. Friend says. I draw attention to an utterly apposite quote on the front page of “Community Builders”, a book by the Demos think-tank. I happened to attend the launch several years ago. It says:

“Giving communities more power over local housing developments can help …..."
Richard Bacon - View Speech

View all Richard Bacon (Con - South Norfolk) contributions to the debate on: Community Housing
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Mar 2020
Community Housing

"I fully understand the need for the Government to respect the CSR process. Does the Minister think there is an opportunity to provide limited bridge funding, as it were, just for the sake of continuity, between now and July, when the CSR takes effect, so that many of the schemes …..."
Richard Bacon - View Speech

View all Richard Bacon (Con - South Norfolk) contributions to the debate on: Community Housing
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Mar 2020
Planning for the Future

"Even if the shadow Secretary of State does not, may I warmly welcome the new money for affordable housing? I ask the Secretary of State to make sure that some of it finds its way to innovators such as the National Community Land Trust Network and the Right to Build …..."
Richard Bacon - View Speech

View all Richard Bacon (Con - South Norfolk) contributions to the debate on: Planning for the Future
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Sep 2019
British House Building Industry

"I agree with almost everything that the hon. Lady has said, but I ought to point out—I declare an interest, because as part of an Industry and Parliament Trust fellowship I spent a day at Berkeley—that the main shareholder of Berkeley is Tony Pidgley, who started that business himself. He …..."
Richard Bacon - View Speech

View all Richard Bacon (Con - South Norfolk) contributions to the debate on: British House Building Industry
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Sep 2019
British House Building Industry

"That is very helpful, Madam Deputy Speaker.

May I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) very sincerely? I realised how strange times are in this particular area of housing debate when I attended a lunch at the Institute of Economic Affairs, where the hon. …..."
Richard Bacon - View Speech

View all Richard Bacon (Con - South Norfolk) contributions to the debate on: British House Building Industry