Speeches by Woodcock.

“Have the Government missed an opportunity in the Representation of the People Bill to tackle some of this?”

“Can we have some idea of the assessment the Commission has made on online disinformation and misinformation, and its prevalence and impact in recent UK elections?”

“Is there more that can be done beyond legislation in order to protect our democracy?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship today, Ms Butler. When I first stood for election to this place, I did so with a mission to fix Oxfordshire’s broken housing market. I saw the mess that we were in. I saw the lives broken by that market long before I arrived here. Oxford faces a crisis of unique and crushi…”

“This crisis shows that we cannot rely on emergency payments to resolve geopolitical shocks; we need the electrification of heat in rural areas, and heat pumps play a significant part in that. Does my hon. Friend agree that the Government taking steps to roll out renewables and heat pump technology across rural areas wo…”

“It is almost amazing that there are any problems at all, given what you have just set out and the number of stages it goes through. It just seems amazing that so many seem to slip through.”

“Richard, you talked earlier about the value of claims going down, but the NHBC Foundation has reported that, historically, increases in the volumes of house building coincide with rises in the potential number of defects and the lowering of levels of customer satisfaction. Assuming these homes do get built as we head t…”

“Linked back to the question I asked at the first panel, we have been told that the 1.5 million homes can be delivered safely and sustainability in terms of quality because of a robust regulatory framework. The New Homes Ombudsman Service told us in that same session that it does not see it as robust at all. Do you agre…”

“For Taylor Wimpey and Vistry, can you talk more about some of the systemic pressures that affect the quality of new builds? I would be interested if you could lay that out a little more.”

“I am Sean Woodcock, the MP for Banbury.”

“The Government have a target to build 1.5 million homes over this Parliament. The Ministry told us that a robust regulatory framework will ensure that that commitment is delivered safely and sustainably. How robust is the regulatory framework governing the quality of new build homes?”

“So potentially not then.”

“Is the intention that it will be within this Parliament?”

“Minister, on 27 January the Government launched a consultation on banning leasehold for new flats, which is obviously looking at the scope and the timings; it closes on 24 April. Without prejudicing the outcome, based on what you have heard from the industry over the last couple of weeks as well as your personal though…”

“I am Sean Woodcock, the MP for Banbury.”

“I am not aware of any. I have not been given information suggesting that.”

“We have a clear preference for the Tuesday because it is at the beginning of that week, which, as I stated, is MS Awareness Week. It is most important that it is in that week, but having it at the beginning of the week, rather than when everyone has disappeared off home to their constituencies, would be beneficial in g…”

“Thank you very much for having me. As you have noticed, I am not Oliver Ryan, but tackling multiple sclerosis and the issue of treatment for people with it are quite personal for me. My wife has multiple sclerosis, so the issue is something that I am quite passionate about, hence my presence as an officer of the APPG f…”

“That is why the timeline question is so important.”

“This was referring to the previous Act—the 2002 Act. The fact that there was no sunset clause had an impact on take-up.”