Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Bill

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on introducing his Bill, which I am here to support. I had not ...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, and the issue is broad and deep. The fact is, many p...

Order. The hon. Gentleman is indulging in what I think I can accurately describe as preliminary d...

I feared that my speech would be more like Oscar Peterson than J. S. Bach, and so it is proving, ...

Interestingly, the report contains a section on the subject of the hon. Gentleman’s Bill, which I...

I am glad the hon. Lady says that, and I look forward to reading it with interest.

I was ta...

My hon. Friend mentioned the Duchy of Cornwall. The Prince of Wales is on record several times ta...

The vast majority of our built environment that is worth protecting was built before the Town and...

I am hugely enjoying my hon. Friend’s speech. Is there, however, a greater problem with the plann...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. As I said earlier, people go into planning with the most...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful case and is slowly winning me round. However, if there was a ...

It could be done in lots of ways. I am grateful to my hon. Friend because he draws my attention t...

Madam Deputy Speaker, you and I represent constituencies with an equivalent demography and simila...

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I gladly give way to my parliamentary neighbour.

As his constituency neighbour, I am well aware of the challenges the hon. Gentleman faces in his ...

I am tempted, in Kevin McCloud fashion, to say, “Will I actually get to the end of this speech, a...

The hon. Gentleman mentioned our visit to the school in Karlshorst, in east Berlin. That meant a ...

When I was in Berlin, I had the impression that the concept of group-build was déclassé. In the U...

I am sorry that I was not present for the beginning of the debate. I know from my time in Germany...

I wish I were more of an expert on the British, let alone the German, housing market. However, I ...

I did indeed want to intervene. The hon. Gentleman will recall that we visited the houses known a...

I found that intervention very helpful, and I hope that the hon. Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewar...

I warmly congratulate the hon. Member for South Norfolk (Mr Bacon) on both an excellent bit of lu...

Let me put one important point on the record. There is a difference between what Kevin McCloud th...

I could not agree more with that. It was interesting to meet Kevin McCloud at the all-party group...

I think you were otherwise engaged when I mentioned the Yard in Bristol, Madam Deputy Speaker. I ...

Order. I did hear the reference that the hon. Gentleman made—he would be surprised to know that I...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. You have just promoted me, and I am very grateful for that. The ...

The hon. Lady is making an interesting speech and has touched in almost the same breath on two ex...

First, on land, I agree with the hon. Gentleman that, as he said in his opening speech, there is ...

It is a great pleasure to say that the Government strongly support the Bill, as I think the House...

That is a really important distinction if we are to retain credibility and trust as this Bill mov...

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. Having explained the differences between the two, for the ...

Does self-build also apply to someone who takes a wrecked old barn, say, and decides to make it i...

My hon. Friend gives me a chance to clarify the situation. Earlier this year, we changed the perm...

As my hon. Friend the shadow Minister said, there is a very exciting project in my constituency, ...

Absolutely; the hon. Lady makes a good point. That is a super scheme. L&Q is also doing some fant...