Housing, Planning and the Green Belt

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I am hoping that the housing White Paper, to which I...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour, with whom I share a local authority, ...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend and Gloucestershire neighbour. That is exactly the point th...

Does my hon. Friend have the same problem that we have in Wokingham and west Berkshire, where a l...

I am not familiar with the situation in my right hon. Friend’s area, but I know that the appeals ...

I have listened to the hon. Gentleman’s description of his constituency, and it reminds me of my ...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her intervention, and I welcome her support.

Guidance on...

In support of the hon. Gentleman’s argument, does he think it significant that the Campaign to Pr...

I was not aware of that figure, so I thank the hon. Gentleman for that helpful intervention.

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one of the biggest problems is that developers can get out of ...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. The Minister is here and listening to all these point...

Order. The hon. Gentleman picked up on my hint. As Members can see, many people want to speak, so...

I want to focus on my constituency and to raise the issue of how the Government keep sending mixe...

Does my hon. Friend agree that urban sprawl happens not only beyond town boundaries but within to...

My hon. Friend makes an important point, and that is the situation in Halton, where we are losing...

The hon. Gentleman has sketched out two alternatives: brownfield sites or urban sprawl. Does he a...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, but it is for local authorities to decide on density...

This is the first time I rise to contribute to a debate since my recovery from cancer and my retu...

It is fantastic to see my hon. Friend back in his place, making his customary important points. D...

I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. The new Minister for Housing, my hon. Friend the Mem...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford (Nick Boles), although I did...

Yesterday I was at a planning inquiry in my constituency. It should have been a situation in whic...

My right hon. Friend refers to the power of the local voice. I am sorry that my voice has gone a ...

Where possible, we need to respect neighbourhood plans. Of course the local planning authority re...

The profits of the top five UK house builders have risen by 388% in the last five years, sometime...

One of my constituents suggested to me that breaking up some of the bigger house builders might i...

That is an interesting point. Over recent years, the number of developers has contracted. The sum...

It should come as no surprise to anyone that private sector house builders build when—and only wh...

That is an interesting point. At the moment, developers will build at the time that suits them be...

Order. Due to the number of Members who wish to speak, the time limit will have to drop to six mi...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders) in this...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the target population increase in GMSF ought to be wholly reconsid...

There are many flaws in the statistical methodology of the GMSF that I would like to unpack, but ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour for giving way. I appreciate the point...

The constituents of Cheadle have a doughty campaigner in my hon. Friend. We think we have it bad ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hazel Grove (Mr Wragg), who is a Greater Mancheste...

The case for the green belt was put very powerfully by former poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion. He...

My party has long campaigned for 300,000 new homes to be built every year. There is a compelling ...

We need to balance two things. On the one hand, we need to restore affordability and the dream of...

Does my hon. Friend agree that we need to do more to share best practice on how the new homes bon...

I strongly agree with that. Too often, the different systems—from section 106 to the new homes bo...

It strikes me that now is the time to act. We have had enough speeches and articles, and enough w...

I first dipped my toe into this sort of water quite some time ago as a councillor in a small, unk...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson) on securing this debate. The contrib...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Toby Perkins), who rightfully highli...

Order. I am going to increase the time limit back to eight minutes because a couple of speakers h...

I am grateful for that news, Mr Deputy Speaker, as it means that I can expound my argument a litt...

I talked about the houses that were being built in Wandsworth, but I should have mentioned that t...

That proposal sounds sensible. I am not familiar with the detail, but given what my hon. Friend s...

I am much happier with where the right hon. Gentleman is finishing his speech than I was with his...

I am glad that I have cheered up the hon. Gentleman as my remarks have developed, and I hope that...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson) for calling this important debate...

May I say how much I support the line that the hon. Gentleman is taking about the use of the word...

I thank the hon. Lady for her suggestion. I would say semi-affordable, rather than affordable— an...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I congratulate my...

It is a great pleasure to contribute to this very important debate. It is also a great pleasure t...

I start by thanking hon. and right hon. Members who have contributed today, not least the hon. Me...

Does my hon. Friend understand the frustration in places like Stroud when the number of affordabl...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point, which has been much made this afternoon. The change signa...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson) on securing the debate. He...

May I suggest that that will happen only if the Government force—or encourage—public sector bodie...

I know that the hon. Lady has a great deal of experience in this regard and she is right. I suspe...

Can I press the Minister on that, if he does not mind? Halton Borough Council is saying that, bec...

The national planning policy framework makes it very clear that building on the green belt must b...

Does my hon. Friend understand that, for smaller authorities such as Isle of Wight Council, which...

I listened to my hon. Friend’s passionate, tenacious and articulate speech on behalf of the Isle ...

rose—

I am going to make some progress as I need to allow two minutes for the wind-up, otherwise it wou...

I thank the Minister and all the Members who have contributed to this debate; as I anticipated, i...

indicated assent.

I am pleased to see the Minister nodding to my request on that point.

Again, I thank all Me...