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Oral and topical DLUHC questions on support for high streets, housing and leasehold reforms, building safety and social housing regulation, and the use of planning and devolution powers for local growth.

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Levelling Up questions — local growth, housing and regulation

34:14

DLUHC questions — local growth, housing and regulation

34:14

DLUHC questions — high streets, housing and planning

34:14

Oral questions — high streets, leasehold and planning

34:14

Opening of questions and high streets policy

34:14

Opening tribute and start of housing questions

34:14

Q1 — High streets strategy and independent shops

34:53

Q1 — Crime, banking access and Pride in Place

37:00

Q1 — Business rates, job losses and government response

40:16

Leasehold and estate charges reform package

41:37

Q2 & Q15 — Leasehold reform bill and estate charges

41:37

Leasehold — Enfranchisement valuation and FirstPort standards

43:28

Leasehold — Fraud losses, Select Committee input and ground rent

45:16

Leasehold — Northern Ireland divergence and political clash

47:48

Local services, NPPF consultation and plan-making

49:45

Q3 — Poole fire response times and station merger

49:45

Q4 — NPPF consultation, health inequalities and green space

51:31

Q5 — Support for local plans and rural exception sites

53:38

Planning, development and housing market controls

55:39

Q6 — Accountability of housing developers and estate management

55:39

NPPF — Lib Dem critique, green spaces and flood risk

58:47

Q7 — Acoustic design and neurodivergent access

01:01:57

Q8 — Building Safety Regulator and NHS projects

01:03:04

Q9 — Unadopted roads and private estate management

01:04:15

Q10 — Short-term lets licensing and registration

01:06:34

Democratic reforms and housing consumer protections

01:09:10

Democratic integrity and leaseholder financial protections

01:09:10

Q11 — Safeguards on candidate and foreign donations

01:09:10

Q12 — Retirement housing exit fees and service charges

01:10:53

Social housing strategy, estate governance and local regeneration

01:13:52

Q13 — Social and affordable housing programme and bill

01:13:52

Q14 — Regulation of tenant and resident management organisations

01:15:26

Q16 — Pride in Place funding and community cohesion

01:18:25

Electoral participation measures and franchise reform

01:20:04

Grenfell anniversary and voting participation measures

01:20:04

Topical question — votes at 16 and retrospective planning

01:21:49

DLUHC oral and topical questions — housing, planning and devolution

01:24:56

New towns, local taxation powers and devolution

01:24:56

New towns infrastructure, council tax surcharge and family hubs

01:24:56

High street dereliction, visitor levy and Greater Cambridge powers

01:27:13

Housing, planning and building safety questions

01:29:30

Rural evictions, water infrastructure and building safety delays

01:29:30

Council acquisitions, NPPF and Epping Forest designation

01:31:52

Topical questions — high streets, devolution and planning powers

01:34:12

Topicals — high street vacancies, viability and cladding

01:34:12

Topicals — local government reorganisation, devolution and planning tools

01:36:26

Defence policy and capability — investment plan scrutiny and Russia sanctions

01:40:52

Urgent question — Defence Investment Plan scrutiny

01:40:52

Urgent question — Defence Investment Plan and funding

01:40:52

Urgent question — Defence Investment Plan scrutiny

01:40:52

Urgent question on Defence Investment Plan

01:40:52

Urgent question announced — Defence Investment Plan delay

01:40:52

Opposition critique — resignations, risk and funding tests

01:43:43

Minister’s rebuttal — inherited hollowing out and future capabilities

01:46:32

Financing tools, welfare trade‑offs and UK defence industry

01:48:56

Defence Security and Resilience Bank and funding options

01:48:56

SoS absence row, welfare cuts and DIP capabilities

01:52:58

Defence spending levels, welfare framing and UK industry

01:55:08

Royal Navy concerns, defence bonds and naval modernisation

01:59:47

Assurances on fully funded Defence Investment Plan and NATO timeline

01:58:31

Commitment to a fully funded Defence Investment Plan

01:58:31

Robertson review, DIP publication and scope

02:02:16

Defence funding, procurement and industrial base

02:03:44

Defence funding, procurement and NATO commitments

02:03:44

MoD procurement failures and defence housing funding

02:03:44

Spending levels, party management and NATO targets

02:06:16

Ministerial resignations, DIP timetable and future warfare

02:08:27

Required funding gap, service chiefs and NATO cooperation

02:11:21

High North posture and defence industrial base

02:14:08

High North posture, Russian threats and defence skills pipeline

02:14:08

Steel tariffs, industrial costs and scalable Defence Investment Plan

02:17:09

Minister accountability and Defence Investment Plan

02:19:03

Minister’s tenure, public reassurance and defence spending

02:19:03

Minister questioned on not resigning and defence safety

02:19:03

Backbench reassurance on defence spending and attendance row

02:21:27

Defence Investment Plan — future conflict and deterrence

02:24:11

Future warfare — learning from Ukraine and drones

02:24:11

Deterrence versus disarmament — Corbyn and NATO

02:25:52

Reassuring veterans and funding SDR recommendations

02:30:11

Resignation over ‘last war’ kit and hybrid navy plans

02:32:10

Defence Investment Plan — funding, finance and industry

02:35:20

Defence bonds proposal and private capital for DIP

02:35:20

PM and Chancellor’s commitment to defence funding; food security as national security

02:37:01

Has the Minister seen the DIP and role of defence diplomacy

02:39:10

Future capabilities, scalable spending and Northern Ireland industry

02:41:08

Defence Secretary statement — Russia sanctions and capability

04:15:49

Defence Secretary statement and sanctions scrutiny

04:15:49

Russian tanker interdiction and sanctions enforcement

04:15:49

Russian tanker interdiction — ministerial statement and opposition challenge

04:15:49

Russian shadow fleet interdiction — Defence Secretary’s statement

04:15:49

Shadow Defence Secretary — Russian tanker, DIP chaos and Troubles Bill

04:23:22

Defence Secretary — operation timing and Defence Investment Plan

04:28:21

Sanctions enforcement and shadow fleet operation

04:33:17

Lib Dem spokesperson — sanctions, shadow fleet profits and Russian assets

04:33:17

Shadow fleet seizure — environmental risk and escalation

04:36:17

Defence Secretary scrutiny — Russia, Ukraine and sanctions

04:46:29

Russia sanctions scope and domestic security

04:46:29

Sanctions scope, Russian influence operations and Troubles Bill

04:46:29

Tice’s funding jibe and far-right security threat

04:51:44

Ukraine war support, dual‑use exports and shadow fleet

04:54:16

Ukraine attacks, dual-use exports and allied action

04:54:16

Shadow tanker costs, future seizures and maritime rules

05:00:08

Defence Secretary Q&A — funding, sanctions and Russia

05:04:43

DIP funding settlement — Ben Obese‑Jecty

05:04:43

Shadow fleet — sanctions alignment with allies

05:06:27

Submarine availability and sanctions enforcement

05:07:48

Russian frigate presence, unity in Parliament and dual‑use sanctions

05:10:51

Point of order on SDR commitments and Business of the House motion

05:13:30

Online Safety Act — under‑16 social media ban

02:46:17

Under‑16 social media ban — statement and detailed scrutiny

02:46:17

Under‑16 social media ban — announcement and initial scrutiny

02:46:17

Speaker’s rebuke and policy announcement

02:46:17

Speaker rebuke and launch of online harms statement

02:46:17

Close of Defence Investment Plan questions and Speaker’s rebuke on social media ban announcement

02:46:17

SoS: consultation and under‑16 social media ban

02:47:52

Scope of social media and AI restrictions for children

02:51:47

SoS: platform scope, AI chatbots and 16–17 safeguards

02:51:47

SoS: enforcement, digital education and youth provision

02:55:47

Frontbench and committee scrutiny of ban model

02:59:38

Frontbench exchange — ban design, Ofcom and crisis powers

02:59:38

Shadow SoS: questions on ban design, age checks and crisis powers

02:59:38

SoS — defence of timetable, Ofcom and crisis powers

03:06:04

Committee and opposition scrutiny of policy model

03:09:46

Select Committee Chair — harms, ad model and transparency

03:09:46

Lib Dem spokesperson — harms-based framework versus ban

03:12:12

Online Safety Act — under‑16 social media ban scrutiny

03:16:32

Under‑16 social media ban — scope and platform duties

03:16:32

Scope of ban — age checks, messaging and AI chatbots

03:16:32

Backbencher — device-level age checks and 16 limit

03:16:32

Damian Hinds — messaging apps and stranger contact

03:17:42

Companion chatbots — ban on grooming business models

03:19:02

Backbench questions — enforcement on platforms and gaming

03:20:33

Education, company duties and age-assurance framework

03:24:39

Education Committee — ban as foundation and company duties

03:24:39

Educational resources, accountability and youth support online

03:26:52

Exemptions for educational content and age-assurance review

03:29:52

Under‑16 social media ban — scope and implementation scrutiny

03:32:14

Under‑16 social media ban — scope and principles

03:32:14

Algorithms, gaming features and informed young voters

03:32:14

Parental support, power shift and Australian model

03:36:26

Online Safety Act — under‑16 social media ban scrutiny

03:42:14

Data protection, AI chatbots and vulnerable teens

03:42:14

Backbench concerns — cliff edge at 16, sanctions and VPNs

03:49:22

Illegal content, addictive design and sector impacts

03:56:30

Under‑16 ban — youth services, parental support and residual harms

04:03:53

Closure of online harms statement and accountability of platforms

04:15:21

Royal Albert Hall Bill — governance, trustees and conflicts of interest

05:15:23

Royal Albert Hall Bill — governance and conflicts of interest

05:15:23

Royal Albert Hall Bill — governance and conflicts

05:15:23

Royal Albert Hall Bill — governance conflicts and revival

05:15:23

Whittingdale — Bill revival, governance and seat rights

05:15:23

Royal Albert Hall Bill — revival motion and governance model

05:15:23

Royal Albert Hall — seat rights and financial risk

05:19:39

Royal Albert Hall Bill — conflicts, resale and property rights

05:22:25

Thornberry — governance conflicts and profiteering

05:30:57

Deputy Speaker reminder and Thornberry’s challenge on governance and profiteering

05:30:57

Thornberry — trustees’ profiteering and Lords amendments

05:40:18

Royal Albert Hall Bill — revival debate and decision

05:44:08

Jonathan Davies — support for revival and improving transparency

05:44:08

Shadow Minister — back revival but question parliamentary role

05:48:12

Minister: revival motion, conflicts and government neutrality

05:50:42

Division on Royal Albert Hall Bill revival and transition to next business

05:54:23

NHS dentistry crisis — Lib Dem motion and contract reform

06:07:57

NHS dentistry crisis — motion and contract reform

06:07:57

NHS dentistry crisis — motion, access and contract reform

06:07:57

Lib Dem motion and national NHS dentistry crisis

06:07:57

Lib Dem motion and diagnosis of NHS dentistry crisis

06:07:57

Motion on NHS dentistry — access crisis and local impact

06:07:57

Lib Dem rescue plan, prevention schemes and contract flaws

06:13:44

Funding, rural recruitment and timetable for contract reform

06:20:07

National NHS dentistry crisis and regional access gaps

06:24:15

APPG co-chair — scale of crisis and epilepsy exemption

06:24:15

Sir Ashley Fox — rural Somerset access and contract reform

06:31:46

Coastal ‘dental desert’ — Scarborough and Whitby

06:38:42

Cambridgeshire access failures and contract change timetable

06:43:39

Contract reform, workforce and emerging dental deserts

06:46:42

National workforce and contract reform demands

06:46:42

Utilising the wider dental workforce and Steele review

06:46:42

Gregory Stafford — 2006 contract and BDA demands

06:50:42

Rural dental deserts and NHS workforce plan

06:54:00

APPG co-chair — data, UDA caps and contract overhaul

06:57:53

Regional dental deserts — East Anglia to Suffolk

07:01:37

Adrian Ramsay — East Anglia dental desert and funding asks

07:01:37

Jane Kirkham — Cornwall workforce shortages and local schemes

07:05:51

South West dental desert and recruitment incentives

07:09:59

Toothless in Suffolk, workforce mix and new contract

07:12:52

NHS dentistry crisis — access, funding and contract reform

07:16:26

Further access gaps — Somerset, Durham and rural areas

07:16:26

Somerset children’s access, prevention schemes and Lib Dem plan

07:16:26

County Durham dental loss, contract reform and funding ask

07:20:39

Thornbury and Yate cases, data gaps and rural costs

07:24:52

Backbench constituency cases on NHS dentistry access

07:27:25

Backbencher case study — personal injury and contract reform

07:27:25

Mid Dorset and North Poole — underspends, ICB decisions and complex care

07:31:07

Melksham and Devizes — children’s access, oral cancer and overseas dentists

07:34:00

Lib Dem spokesperson — national dental desert and £750m rescue plan

07:36:37

NHS dentistry — workforce, access and contract reform

07:43:21

Shadow Minister — workforce plan, UDAs and prevention

07:43:21

Minister’s opening — underspends, Somerset outlier and contract reform

07:50:18

Minister’s closing — urgent care, workforce and contract reform

07:54:18

Adjournment debate — HyNet/Peak Cluster CCS

08:00:45

Adjournment debate — HyNet/Peak Cluster CCS

08:00:45

Adjournment debate — HyNet/Peak Cluster CCS

08:00:45

Adjournment debate — HyNet/Peak Cluster CCS

08:00:45

MP — HyNet/Peak Cluster project, costs and local impacts

08:00:45

Adjournment — HyNet/Peak Cluster CCS: project scale, economics and Cheshire impacts

08:00:45

HyNet — national interest test and alternative low‑carbon cement technologies

08:07:50

HyNet/Peak Cluster — consultation, environment and farming concerns

08:12:00

HyNet/Peak Cluster — costs, alternatives and MP’s opposition

08:17:32

Minister — CCUS policy rationale and industrial benefits

08:19:51

Minister — CCUS strategy, industrial jobs and low‑carbon cement

08:19:51

Minister — Peak Cluster process, consultation, safety and adjournment

08:23:49

Minister — Peak Cluster independence, National Wealth Fund and consultation

08:23:49

Minister — safety assurances, regulatory regime and adjournment

08:27:54

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House of Commons

15 June 2026

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 Actual start 14:00 House of Commons

34:14 - 34:57

Speaker 1

Before we begin, I'd like to pay tribute to Lord Hattersley, who died yesterday. Roy was a giant of the Labour movement, holding the role of deputy leader as well as serving as a minister. He was a long-serving, dedicated member of both Houses, working alongside my father, Doug. He represented Birmingham Sparkbrook as MP for more than three decades before being appointed to the House of Lords, where he served for two decades. Roy devoted his life to politics, public duty, and writing.

I am sure the thoughts of the whole House are with his family and friends. Order, order. We start with questions to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.

34:57 - 34:59

Speaker 5

Dr Danny Chambers.

34:59 - 35:01

Speaker 3

Number one, Mr Speaker.

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