Matthew Pennycook

Labour — Greenwich and Woolwich

Government roles held

Written answers given

• Earlier this year, Liberal Democrat-run Three Rivers district council put in a notice for an article 4 direction. Howeve
• 2. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the rate of house building.
• Statistics are like bathing costumes: what they reveal is interesting, and what they conceal is absolutely vital. The st
• In coastal communities like mine, the issue is not the rate of house building, but the rate of affordable house building
• In an answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Dumfries and Galloway (John Cooper), the Minister said that there were “en
• The Minister wants to talk about the OBR, so let us do that. Last week, the OBR was damning in its assessment of the via
• The increase in starts is welcome, but the Government’s package of reforms was designed to increase consents. The most r
• The Minister clearly did not hear: I referred to the removal of councillors’ powers to make decisions on applications re
• 5. What assessment she has made of trends in the level of new housing in Chesterfield.
• I thank my hon. Friend for sharing that good news. Chesterfield borough council is keen to assist the Government by achi
• 6. If her Department will take steps to improve protections for renters and owners of park homes.
• Tudor Rose Park in Peacehaven is a park home with 107 residents. Many are elderly and vulnerable; all have suffered year
• I have over half a dozen park home estates in my constituency, so I welcome the fact that the Minister and the Governmen
• 9. What steps her Department is taking to further regulate the use of houses in multiple occupation.
• I thank the Minister for his answer. Residents in Wednesbury and Tipton are absolutely sick of family homes being turned
• Many communities, including those in my constituency, are concerned about the concentration of HMOs. There is a percepti
• HMOs are the only way many young people can afford to rent, but their unregulated growth leads to the loss of family hom
• To residents across the country, a standard family home being converted into an HMO for a large number of adults is a ma
• 13. What steps she is taking to support first time house buyers.
• House prices in Mid Cheshire are nearly £20,000 higher than the regional average and have continued to rise over the las
• I welcome the Government’s focus on first-time buyers, because so many young people cannot get their first step on the l
• 16. What steps she is taking to support tenants in the private rented sector.
• In Liverpool Wavertree, research by Crisis and Zoopla shows just 3% of homes for private rent are affordable for people
• Too often, constituents contact me about horrific behaviour from private landlords and lettings agencies. One lady told
• The independent Office for Budget Responsibility’s “Economic and fiscal outlook”, published alongside the Budget, says o
• The question is about reducing the cost of renting. What is the contribution of the 4% increase to a reduction in the co

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