Speeches by Hinds.

“I thank the Minister for his considered remarks and for his constructive approach to date—the cumulative effect, one might say, of the Minister’s approach. However, I hope that after today he will think further. The Government should issue guidance to local authorities to the effect that, at least in circumstances wher…”

“Of course, I agree. It is sometimes frustrating to talk to people who say there is no link between aggregate supply and the price of housing. Of course there is, but there is also the question of the mix, which is what I want to come to. Other things being equal, the best returns for developers tend to be on larger, co…”

“I will write to the Minister in more detail—but if, in adding to the stock, we raise the median house price, that has an adverse effect on affordability. We get this ironic situation where the more we build, the less affordable it looks.”

“The Minister is very good to give way; I thank him. To be clear, when I was talking about the mix, I was not talking solely or even mainly about the tenure mix, but about the price points and the way that the formula works—he gets the point.”

“I know the hon. Gentleman’s constituency quite well—he is my mother-in-law’s MP. I know what a fantastic and beautiful area it is, as well as some of the challenges with the local economy. He makes a very good point.”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the cumulative impacts of housing development. It is good to see you presiding once again, Mr Twigg. Let me start with the obvious statement that in this country, and in all of our localities, we need more housing. There has been population growth, and in our constituencies…”

“Can you give us a benchmark of how much it costs, or the minimum infrastructure that you need?”

“Were any plans put in place to counter that? It would have been fairly obvious, but there would also have been people arguing, “No, there’s plenty of money in this system, and I am sure people can afford it.” These kinds of questions come around again and again. Every time, we expect something different.”

“Were any plans put in place to counter that? It would have been fairly obvious, but there would also have been people arguing, “No, there’s plenty of money in this system, and I am sure people can afford it.” These kinds of questions come around again and again. Every time, we expect something different.”

“How come?”

“We take it with all caveats. Back in 2007, when the ad ban came in, presumably there were people who were saying, “This is going to stop a lot of programming of children’s content.””

“They are not making totally basic, semi-automated products. That is not the minimum viable product.”

“It would help us to challenge—you do not have to give us something that is going to move a market; we just need to know how many zeros there are in it.”

“If there is nothing further on tax credits, can I ask about costs? In the Pact evidence comparing 2024 with 2018, it talks about the flat cash in PSB spends. I have done this amateurishly while we have been sitting here, but I think that, if we just apply normal inflation, there was a 23% decrease in spend. There was a…”

“Adam, the cancellation of CITV is a bit vexing for reasons that include the future audience marketing aspect that you mentioned. What is the minimum cost of running a channel? Obviously, you can put an awful lot into a channel, such as a 24-hour output and star presenters. On the other end of the scale, you can have a …”

“But there is a revenue to come with that?”

“As with business rates and the Budget, it might take a few days for it to be absolutely clear what is in today’s announcement, although I hope that it will not take quite as long as it did with the Budget. I think it possible that some things will be welcome, given what the Minister said about densification and brownfi…”

“Okay, but that ought to bring a revenue expectation with it, presumably.”

“Is that another way of saying that children's television presenters are paid a lot more than they used to be?”

“How come?”