Monday, 9 June 2025
The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household reported to the House, That His Majesty, having been attended with its Address of 17th July, was pleased to receive the same very graciously and give the...
I have received your Humble Address praying that I should re-appoint John Pullinger CB as the Chair of the Electoral Commission with effect from 1 May 2025 for the period ending on 30 April...
I have received your Humble Address praying that I should appoint Paula Sussex CBE to the offices of Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England. I...
The Secretary of State was asked—
What steps her Department is taking to help prevent new unitary authorities from requiring exceptional financial support.
What steps she plans to take to reform the leasehold system.
If she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the funding model for the repair of council housing stock.
What steps she is taking to support high streets.
What steps she is taking to ensure that new homes meet the minimum standard of EPC C rating.
What assessment she has made of the potential impact of UK Government regeneration funding on towns in Scotland.
Whether her Department is taking steps with independent training colleges to train construction sector specialist apprentices to support house building targets.
If she will take steps through the spending review to increase social housing supply.
What progress her Department has made on providing adequate funding for local authorities as part of the fair funding review.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the United States Government’s national security concerns...
On 21 May, the Prime Minister told this House that the Government wanted to extend eligibility for winter fuel payments to a wider range of pensioners in England and Wales. Today we are setting...
Ordered, That the Order of 24 March 2025 (Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Programme) be varied as follows: (1) Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order shall be omitted. (2) Proceedings on...
Consideration of Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee [Relevant documents: Oral evidence taken before the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee on 29 April, on the...
“(1) In section 89 of the Planning Act 2008 (Examining authority’s decisions about how application is to be examined), in subsection (1), after ‘light of’ insert...
“No permission may be granted for the building or installation of provision for solar power generation where the development would involve— (a) the building on or development of...
“(1) The Secretary of State must, within six months of the passing of this Act, issue guidance for local planning authorities, or update any relevant existing guidance, relating to the...
Amendment made: 93, page 47, line 37, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert— “(3) In section 326 (revocation and variation of schemes and orders)— (a) in subsection...
Amendments made: 94, page 54, line 22, leave out from beginning to end of line 19 on page 55 and insert— “(1) An order of the Secretary of State under section 1 or 3 may include...
Amendment proposed: 15, page 72, line 29, at end insert— “(2A) A spatial development strategy must have regard to the need to provide 150,000 new social homes nationally a...
Amendment made: 99, page 92, line 36, at end insert “and (2A)”.—(Matthew Pennycook.) This amendment is consequential on Amendment 100. Amendment proposed: 69, page 93, line 8,...
Amendments made: 100, page 93, line 19, at end insert— “(2A) In preparing an EDP that specifies as the development area an area that includes waters adjacent to England (see section...
Amendments made: 103, page 94, line 2, at end insert— “(ca) any local highway authority for an area that is wholly or partly within the development area, (cb) any strategic highways...
Amendment made: 106, page 98, line 26, leave out “before the end of” and insert “during”.—(Matthew Pennycook.) This amendment clarifies that a challenge to an EDP...
Amendments made: 107, page 100, line 3, leave out “or the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981” and insert “, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 or the Marine and Coastal Access...
Amendments made: 115, page 118, line 40, at end insert— “(d) a condition that may be attached to a marine licence under section 71(1)(b) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, or...
Amendments made: 109, page 162, line 17, at end insert— “Protected sites: marine conservation zones 2A (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where— (a) an environmental feature...
Amendments made: 112, page 177, line 13, after “55” insert “(1)”. This amendment corrects a minor drafting error so as to match the cross-reference in the new paragraph...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft Payment Services and Payment Accounts (Contract Termination) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 28 April, be approved.—(Gerald Jones.)...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gerald Jones.)
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