Backbench debate on Thursday, 16 July 2026, in the House of Commons, led by Tessa Munt. The answering member was Matthew Pennycook.

National Planning Policy Framework

Motion that this House has considered the impact of changes to the National Planning Policy Framework. Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 789 cc444-468WH
Session: 2026-27
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Related items: The National Planning Policy Framework
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
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Proceeding contributions: Tessa Munt | 789 c444WH (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the impact of changes to the National Plannin...; John Hayes | 789 c444WH (Link to this contribution)
On the subject of keeping land habitable, the hon. Lady will be familiar with the fact that the L...; Tessa Munt | 789 cc444-5WH (Link to this contribution)
I take the right hon. Gentleman’s point. I will suggest to the Minister that, if he wishes to pur...; Jim Shannon | 789 c446WH (Link to this contribution)
I commend the hon. Lady for the ambition she has put forward. Does she not agree that there is a ...; Tessa Munt | 789 cc446-7WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. The point I would like to make to the Minister i...; 789 c447WH (Link to this contribution); Desmond Swayne | 789 c447WH (Link to this contribution)
Order. I impose a four-minute time limit on speeches.
2.6 pm; Chris Hinchliff | 789 cc447-9WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. I declare an interest as chair of t...; John McDonnell | 789 c449WH (Link to this contribution)
I apologise to the Minister; I am hopping between two different debates in two different Chambers...; Chris Hinchliff | 789 cc449-450WH (Link to this contribution)
I agree with those concerns. As I understand it, many of the applications for grey belt are in fa...; Damian Hinds | 789 c450WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. I congratulate the hon. Member for W...; Jim Shannon | 789 c450WH (Link to this contribution)
I commend the right hon. Gentleman on his speech. I know that the Minister is not responsible for...; Damian Hinds | 789 cc450-1WH (Link to this contribution)
I agree. There is no practical limit on what we can learn from one another in the home nations of...; Desmond Swayne | 789 c451WH (Link to this contribution)
Three-minute limit!
2.17 pm; Olly Glover | 789 cc451-2WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I thank my hon. Friend the Member fo...; Brian Mathew | 789 cc452-3WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I thank my hon. Friend the Member fo...; Tessa Munt | 789 c453WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a very good idea to have development near railway stations. However, I have another applica...; Brian Mathew | 789 c453WH (Link to this contribution)
It does sound most odd, if I may say so.
That principle lies at the heart of the Bath and W...; John Milne | 789 cc453-4WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. First, I thank the Minister for his ...; Alex Brewer | 789 cc454-5WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the...; Claire Young | 789 cc455-6WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I thank my hon. Friend the Member fo...; Andrew George | 789 cc456-7WH (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wells and Mendip Hills (Tessa Munt) on securing the ...; Gideon Amos | 789 cc457-8WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. I thank my hon. Friend the Member f...; Andrew George | 789 c459WH (Link to this contribution)
As my hon. Friend is aware, I am very fortunate to have secured a place in the ballot for private...; Gideon Amos | 789 cc459-460WH (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a very important point. He reminds me that, frankly, I struggle with the fac...; Gareth Bacon | 789 cc460-2WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond, and to take part in this debate a...; Matthew Pennycook | 789 cc463-4WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. I congratulate the hon. Member for ...; Andrew George | 789 c464WH (Link to this contribution)
The Minister says that the purpose of the policy is, among other things, to drive the desperate n...; Matthew Pennycook | 789 cc464-5WH (Link to this contribution)
We have had this debate many times. I will come on to housing targets and the fact that if there ...; Tessa Munt | 789 c465WH (Link to this contribution)
I wonder how the High Court came to its decision over the site in Yatton. What the Minister says ...; Matthew Pennycook | 789 c465WH (Link to this contribution)
That is not quite my reading of the Yatton judgment. The judge confirmed that even if a site fail...; Tessa Munt | 789 c465WH (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister meet me and those in my constituency who are particularly concerned about this ...; Matthew Pennycook | 789 cc465-7WH (Link to this contribution)
If I remain in post after the summer recess, I will be more than happy to meet the hon. Lady.
...; Tessa Munt | 789 c467WH (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to you, Sir Desmond, and to the Minister for everything he has said. I very much ho...; Desmond Swayne | 789 c467WH (Link to this contribution)
Order.
Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).
Subjects: Construction Housing Flood control Insurance Land use Green belt Floods Planning permission Railway stations Wells and Mendip Hills
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