Neighbourhood Plans

My hon. Friend aptly points that out, and I am glad that it will be recorded in Hansard for anyon...

Does the hon. Gentleman acknowledge that there is somebody from the Opposition who has come to su...

I would point out that you have just arrived in the Chamber. You have made an intervention straig...

No.

I am hugely grateful to the hon. Member for Coventry North West (Taiwo Owatemi) for pointing that...

I call Sir James Gray.

2.45 pm

I am most grateful to you for your chairmanship, Ms Ghani, and for promoting me. I am, in fact, j...

I withdraw my Sir from the record.

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. My congratulations to my hon. Friend the...

Thank you, Ms Ghani. It is a pleasure to be called and to follow the hon. Member for North Wiltsh...

Thank you, Mr Shannon —a vital contribution, as always. I call Mr Anthony Mangnall.

3.06 pm...

Thank you, Ms Ghani. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, and it is always a pleasu...

Order. Mr Mangnall, I believe, for the record, that the Minister will consider his portfolio to h...

I beg your pardon, Ms Ghani. However, of course, this is a matter that we are now allowed to disc...

The hon. Gentleman is making an important point about ensuring that residents are empowered and l...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. That is exactly the point: localism is about local co...

Mr Mangnall, can we be careful when we suggest that colleagues may be misleading the House?

I retract that, of course. I have been to Strangford, and it is a very beautiful constituency; I ...

From BIDEN, to BANANAs, to volunteering to sit on a Committee—the Minister is spoilt for choice.<...

As always, Ms Ghani, it is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair. As others have said, this i...

Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that clause 88 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill makes ...

I do recognise that and I will come to the Bill specifically later in my remarks. It does provide...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Ms Ghani.

I congratulate my hon. F...

I apologise for interrupting the Minister. He is giving an excellent speech, including very robus...

My hon. Friend is right. One of the big issues I have seen in my own constituency, and during my ...

I very much welcome that stipulation in the Bill. However, will the Minister consider one of the ...

My hon. Friend made that point in a conversation we had the other day. It is a valid point and on...

Does the Minister agree that there is one other area that needs to be looked at, particularly in ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is not just about building new homes, but making sure ther...

I accept the Minister’s response, but the explanatory notes and the text of the Bill talk about w...

It would not be possible to set land uses through national development policy. No housing will ev...

It would be remiss of me not to mention how important this debate is to my constituents in Wealde...

I thank the staff for their attendance today, and the Chair for her wise intervention. This has b...