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Written Question
Housing: Construction
Monday 4th March 2024

Asked by: Simon Fell (Conservative - Barrow and Furness)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to increase the number of homes built on brownfield land.

Answered by Lee Rowley

We are absolutely committed to building more houses in the right places – that is why we are prioritising brownfield sites in our towns and cities that already have the infrastructure in place to support households.

We have set out our intention to introduce a ‘presumption in favour of brownfield development’ to make it harder to block building on brownfield sites. We are currently consulting on this and will report back in due course.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"12. What steps his Department is taking to help empower local leaders to level up their communities. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Secretary of State for visiting Barrow recently to see how the £25 million town deal and the £16 million levelling-up funding will transform our community.

Cumbria has just elected its first ever councillors to the new Westmorland and Furness Council and Cumberland Council. This is a historic …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 May 2021
Post Office Update

"I warmly welcome my hon. Friend’s statement and the work being undertaken by Sir Wyn in what is now a statutory inquiry. It is right that the inquiry should look at how on earth this was allowed to happen in the first place—most pertinently, why the Post Office and Fujitsu …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 May 2021
Antisemitic Attacks

"We have seen vile physical and verbal assaults against Jews in the real world, but there is also a deep well of antisemitic content online and on social media, as the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) said, which often goes unchallenged. Does my right hon. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Mar 2021
Levelling Up

"I was delighted when Barrow-in-Furness was awarded a £25 million town deal in October. It will make a huge difference to revitalising our town centre, bring a university campus to Barrow and improve our cycling and walking provision. Can my hon. Friend confirm that places that have benefited from a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Feb 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" What response his Department has made to the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission’s final report. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Feb 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am delighted by my right hon. Friend’s response. This is a vital report and it will make a huge difference to future developments in communities such as mine when these proposals are taken forward. We have a number of exciting developments across Furness, from Hartley’s Brewery in Ulverston to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Dec 2020
Arcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job Retention

"The news about Debenhams and Arcadia will cause many concerns as we head into Christmas. Can my hon. Friend reiterate the support that the Government will make available to the employees who face an uncertain future? Further to that, this year alone in Barrow, we have lost M&S and Topshop, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Jun 2020
Horizon: Sub-Postmaster Convictions

"Isabella Wall was a sub-postmistress in Barrow. She ran a thriving shop and let flats above the property. As a result of the scandal, she lost everything. She was the very first person to come and see me at a surgery as a newly elected MP and I carry with …..."
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