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“There is now a letter going to every household confirming from the Government that people will be getting £150 pounds off their bills.”

“Thank you.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. The Chancellor said that the Ox-Cam growth corridor has £78 billion of potential for our economy, but only if we get housing and infrastructure right. However, I would argue that it is much more than just housing and infrastructure that is needed to get the…”

“That was put to me this weekend. You can understand where that narrative comes from. We are looking at building the support for the energy transition but it is very easy for people to take things from what is happening. How do we counter that narrative?”

“I wanted to put to you something that was put to me at the weekend. I am not saying it is right, but it is an interesting take on the Budget. For someone sceptical of the energy transition, of course, there is a big view that policy costs—green taxes you just called it—are the reason why bills are high. The Government …”

“I take all of that. This was a Martin Lewis website clip, “The Government’s going to knock 150 quid off your bill because they are ending ROs and ECO.” It could not be more clear to those people who do not believe in what you have just set out that by cutting policy costs, we get our energy bills down. Have the Governm…”

“As the chair of the international trade and investment all-party parliamentary group, I have heard at first hand how new technology is making it easier to track supply-chain risks. What is the Minister doing to support better monitoring and data sharing with our international partners to ensure that we can identify for…”

“3. What diplomatic steps she is taking with international partners to help tackle modern slavery and unethical labour practices in global supply chains.”

“I thank my hon. Friend for raising this, because we have a similar issue between in Northamptonshire. We have a 15-year difference in life expectancy between Northampton town centre and rural areas such as Brackley. We are talking about an area of 20 or 30 miles. Does she agree that, although it is positive to see chan…”

“I agree. I recognise that this is quite a challenge, because cross-Department working—in these first 16 months of government we have been exploring how siloed the previous Government left Whitehall—will be critical to getting the legislation right. I thank the hon. Member for Brighton Pavillion for tabling the new clau…”

“Fantastic advice from a very experienced politician. To continue with my cross-party support, I very much thank the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole (Vikki Slade), with whom I served on the armed forces parliamentary scheme. It was fascinating: no matter what the issue was, she always brought it back to local…”

“I have to say, I had a great time on the Public Bill Committee. The Bill’s 400 pages were expertly navigated by the Minister, and our Whip, my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing Southall (Deirdre Costigan), did an absolutely brilliant job. She unfortunately is not here today, but I should put on record how well she kept…”

“I did think that the hon. Member for North Herefordshire (Dr Chowns) was about to slip up in her round-up and say, “Build, baby, build”—we almost had her there. Every single week at my constituency surgeries, people come and talk to me about housing shortages, whether it is people living in overcrowded or temporary acc…”

“I am sure that my hon. Friend has considered the results of the Corry review, which recognises that we have such complex nature legislation in the UK that it makes it incredibly difficult to build. Does he agree that Lords amendment 40 makes it even more complicated for people to build the homes that we desperately nee…”

“The hon. Lady is completely right that there are lots of empty homes. I am sure that there must have been some amendments tabled by the Greens that I have missed, and that they have been constructive and worked with Government to address that issue through the Bill. Working cross-party is what I have always tried to do…”

“My hon. Friend could not be more right. Part of why we set up the cross-party Representative Planning Group was to create an opportunity to bring forward legislation that ensures that all voices are heard in the housing debate, not just the loudest and angriest and those with lots of spare time on their hands. I am sur…”

“I take the point. The intention behind amendment 40 is well meant: there are situations, as my hon. Friend has said, in which EDPs will not be needed and there are other ways to deal with those situations through existing legislation. Having such a finite definition in the two lines of the amendment, which people have …”

“Will you be generating at some point, or is it just a planning project?”

“Can you give us an example of how the new NPPF does that?”

“Good afternoon, all three of you. I am going to ask questions around planning. We have already had some evidence sessions and have heard that there are some challenges in the process. I would like your views on the NPPF, and whether it hinders or facilitates the planning application process. I am going to start with yo…”