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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) Lady talks about housing. - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) Soaring service charges are placing an intolerable financial strain on leaseholders and those with shared - Speech Link
3: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) I do not think that the community ownership fund is the appropriate fund. - Speech Link
4: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) Gentleman’s constituency has itself benefited from £11.1 million of UK shared prosperity funding and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Committee stage - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) However, Shared Ownership Resources have said that shared owners will not benefit from the leasehold - Speech Link
2: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) For example, shared ownership, a vital home-ownership product, relies on the use of a lease. - Speech Link


Bill Documents
22 Apr 2024 - Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 22 April 2024
Renters (Reform) Bill 2022-23

Found: (3) In subsection (7), omit the definitions of “low-cost home ownership accommodation” and “


Written Question
Owner Occupation
Monday 22nd April 2024

Asked by: Jane Hunt (Conservative - Loughborough)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase levels of home ownership.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

The Government has a range of schemes available to help improve access to home ownership, including First Homes, Shared Ownership, Right to Buy, the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme and the Lifetime ISA. We have also doubled the threshold for Stamp Duty and expanded First Time Buyers Relief.


Scottish Government Publication (Minutes)
Economic Development Directorate

Apr. 19 2024

Source Page: Convention of the Highlands and Islands minutes: March 2024
Document: Convention of the Highlands and Islands minutes: March 2024 (webpage)

Found: I am anticipating a lively discussion around the looking-forward item on our agenda where perhaps a shared


Commons Chamber
Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill
Report stage - Fri 19 Apr 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Julie Elliott (Lab - Sunderland Central) This Bill does not change that, and it does not dilute the unique ownership model of building societies - Speech Link
2: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) I have seen at first hand how their membership system brings people together, and gives many a shared - Speech Link
3: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) Building societies also enable families to get on the housing ladder. - Speech Link
4: Gareth Davies (Con - Grantham and Stamford) Their unique ownership model means that these businesses are rooted in their local communities, and working - Speech Link


Bill Documents
19 Apr 2024 - Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 19 April 2024
Renters (Reform) Bill 2022-23

Found: (3) In subsection (7), omit the definitions of “low-cost home ownership accommodation” and “


Bill Documents
19 Apr 2024 - Amendment Paper
HL Bill 50-I(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill 2023-24

Found: ownership lease.


Select Committee
Twenty-Seventh Report - Government resilience: extreme weather

Report Apr. 19 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: coordinated and prioritised approach to investment in resilience within government, informed by a shared


Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Scotland's Commissioner Landscape - A Strategic Approach
Apr. 19 2024
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Scotland has seven commissioners accountable to Parliament, with an eighth approved in September 2023 and six more proposed. Due to the rise in the number, and therefore cost, the Finance and Public Administration Committee has begun an inquiry into Scotland's Commissioner Landscape. This briefing provides insight into the Commissioner landscape in Scotland

Found: •Shared Services: shared services and organisational ef ficiencies built in from the outset.