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Oral Answers to Questions

Steve Double Excerpts
Monday 24th April 2017

(7 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Barwell Portrait Gavin Barwell
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Bullying and harassment are not acceptable in any form, which is why we introduced the Mobile Homes Act 2013, which gives local authorities greater power. We shall obviously listen to the response to the call for evidence to see whether further action is required to stop the kind of behaviour that my right hon. Friend described.

Steve Double Portrait Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay) (Con)
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19. What plans he has to encourage new methods of building in the construction industry.

Lord Barwell Portrait The Minister for Housing and Planning (Gavin Barwell)
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Our White Paper sets out measures to increase the use of modern methods of construction in house building. Those methods offer a huge opportunity, both to speed up the building of homes and to improve the quality of the build.

Steve Double Portrait Steve Double
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Cornwall council recently granted planning approval for a garden village at West Carclaze in St Austell. The vision for the development is to build the highest-quality sustainable homes with modern construction methods. Does the Minister agree that it is vital that the site developers are held to that vision, and what support can he give to ensure that that happens?

Lord Barwell Portrait Gavin Barwell
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My hon. Friend is an outstanding advocate for his community. I would be very happy to meet him to talk about how the Government can assist with the infrastructure required and the mix of housing as the proposed scheme goes through the planning process.