Lucy Powell MP

Lucy Powell MP

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Building Safety Fund

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lucy Powell received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to announce details of the remainder of the £5 billion Building Safety Fund, including how to apply for...

Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right and he gives good examples, some of which I was going to use later. He makes a very good point—some of these charges are outrageous. Will Ministers...

Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

I will, because my right hon. Friend is an expert on this issue.

Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and there is a very strong basis for a wider mis-selling scandal inquiry. Many properties are affected: in terms of houses, for which the practice has...

Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

Absolutely; my right hon. Friend makes a very good point as well. Many people, especially first-time buyers, do not understand the difference between leasehold, freehold and so on, and many of...

Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

I will first try to answer it, and then when I do not answer it very well, I will give way to my right hon. Friend to give a better answer. What I do know is that, unfortunately, many people who...

Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

I am glad the right hon. Gentleman raises that point, because I am sure colleagues around the House will be keen to highlight—

Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

Absolutely. My hon. Friend makes a really good point. People are trapped in this situation, because we all know that when we look to buy a home, we look at the overheads, and the ongoing service...

Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

My good and hon. Friend makes an extremely well-made point. The practice of new homes being built as leasehold, and sold as leasehold—buyers often do not even know that at first—has...

Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill sets ground rents on new leasehold homes to peppercorn levels. We welcome this very small step towards reform, and will not oppose the Bill this evening....

Homes: Climate Standards

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lucy Powell made a speech in the House of Commons

With energy costs rising exponentially and the Government having scrapped Labour’s zero carbon homes policy months before it was due to come in, abandoned the green homes grant and delayed...

Building Safety Fund

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lucy Powell received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applicants waited (a) 1 month or less, (b) between 2 and 6 months, (c) between 7 and 9 months, (d) between 10 and...

Private Rented Housing: Finance

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lucy Powell received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to publish details on the way in which each local authority spends funds allocated from the £65...

Private Rented Housing: Finance

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lucy Powell received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department plans to take to measure the (a) impact and (b) success of the £65 million support package...

Private Rented Housing: Finance

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lucy Powell received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the announcement of a £65 million support package for vulnerable renters on 23 October 2021, what...

First Time Buyers

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lucy Powell received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many homes have been built under the First Homes scheme.

Sleeping Rough

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lucy Powell received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the long term savings as a result of the Everyone In policy.

Housing: Construction

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lucy Powell received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of new homes built in each of the last five years that were fitted with (a) gas...

Housing: Insulation

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lucy Powell received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2021 to Question 69091 on Housing: Insulation, what estimate he has made of the...

Housing: Insulation

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lucy Powell received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2021 to Question 69091 on Housing: Insulation, of the 27 homes of which Homes England...