Speeches by Cocking.

“Both those statements cannot be true. If you get money from section 106, that is—”

“If we abolished stamp duty, what do you think that would do to the housing market?”

“Beth, you said there were some exemptions for first-time buyers.”

“The threshold is about £250,000 across the country in terms of first-time buyers.”

“We have just heard that that is not true.”

“There are thousands of unbuilt planning permissions.”

“That is what you said; you said you cannot speed up because the quality is going to be affected.”

“I do not think that is a true reflection. Most local authorities will be asking for three-bedroom family homes, but the developer will build one and two-bed flats for which there is less need. That is certainly my experience.”

“David, let me just pick up on something you said. You said you cannot go any quicker because it is going to affect the quality of the development. So are you telling me that when I drive past developments in my site where they have built half and it has basically come to a standstill, they needed to completely pack up …”

“Lewis Cocking, MP for Broxbourne.”

“Part of the problem, David, is that the section 106 homes are one and two bedrooms, when local authorities are crying out for three bedrooms. Developers are not building the appropriate homes that the local authority or the social landlord want.”

“This is my ninth question about the asylum hotel in my constituency, and I am still waiting for a clear answer. The Prime Minister said yesterday that we would see “evidence” of hotels being closed soon, but plans to move asylum seekers into new council housing would solve nothing and be an insult to millions on the wa…”

“4. What progress her Department has made on closing asylum hotels.”

“Q12. The best form of welfare in this country should be a well-paid job, but with unemployment up and this Labour Government choosing to raise taxes to spend even more on a bloated welfare and benefits system, is the Prime Minister happy with the message that sends to my hard-working constituents in Broxbourne and cons…”

“Q8. When it comes to economic growth, this Labour Government are all talk and no action—so maybe I can help the Prime Minister. Roadworks and traffic jams cost the UK economy £8 billion last year. This affects my constituents every single day. They want to know what the Government are doing about it, and when the Gover…”

“I have cases in my own constituency where you have come—it is not the local authority of Broxbourne. A local authority is a C1, and I have horrific cases that fill my postbag of tenants living in incredibly bad conditions, with leaks that take weeks to be fixed and ceilings falling through, but you have ranked it a C1.”

“Fiona and Jonathan, I have heard incredible amounts of waffle this morning. I do not think you are answering people’s questions particularly well, and I am really struggling with what you do. You give no deadlines when people are in this C4 grade, and essentially, as you have alluded to, just review action plans. There…”

“I am Lewis Cocking, the MP for Broxbourne. The freeholder of the block of flats I live in is a social landlord.”

“The last Labour Government, which was elected in 1997, established devolution and moved powers away from Westminster under the premise of a referendum result. However, this Labour Government are choosing not to undertake such a referendum. Which does the hon. Gentleman support: having a referendum or not having a refer…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I signed his amendment, as that issue is important. It goes back to what I said at the beginning of this debate: the Bill is not ready to go any further. The Government should have thought about this. The amendment is logical and seeks to achieve what the Government want to…”