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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of its plans to address water scarcity in Greater Cambridge on the water bills of Anglian Water customers in (a) Suffolk and (b) Suffolk Coastal constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of its plans to address water scarcity in Greater Cambridge on the water bills of Anglian Water customers in (a) Suffolk and (b) Suffolk Coastal constituency.
The Government is committed to supporting the growth of Greater Cambridge in a sustainable way, supporting its economic potential, protecting and enhancing the quality of life for residents, habitats and the environment.
At Spring Budget 2024, the government published a policy paper setting out its ambition to address water scarcity in Greater Cambridge. Customer water bills are set every five years by Ofwat through its ‘price review’ process which includes controlling the prices that companies can charge customers whilst allowing companies to finance improvements to their infrastructure.
Letter dated 07/03/2024 from Baroness Scott of Bybrook to Baroness Taylor regarding questions raised in the Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention: Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024: competition between online and offline retailers, business rates avoidance and evasion, Valuation Office Agency appeals process, local councils' flexibility on business rates. 2p.
Letter dated 07/03/2024 from Baroness Scott of Bybrook to Baroness Taylor regarding questions raised in the Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention: Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024: competition between online and offline retailers, business rates avoidance and evasion, Valuation Office Agency appeals process, local councils' flexibility on business rates. 2p.
Examination of witnesses. Written evidence reported to the House.
Examination of witnesses. Written evidence reported to the House.
Examination of witnesses. Written evidence reported to the House.
Examination of witnesses. Written evidence reported to the House.
I am pleased to speak in support of the Queen’s Speech and the measures that it contains to make the United Kingdom stronger, healthier and more prosperous than before. The rising cost of living is a global challenge, and I know that this is a worrying time. The Government have...
I am pleased to speak in support of the Queen’s Speech and the measures that it contains to make the United Kingdom stronger, healthier and more prosperous than before. The rising cost of living is a global challenge, and I know that this is a worrying time. The Government have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of strengthening consumer protections for the owners of new build properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of strengthening consumer protections for the owners of new build properties.
The Government is committed to strengthening consumer protection for the owners of new build homes. The Government is bringing forward provision for a New Homes Ombudsman scheme in the Building Safety Bill, which will improve homebuyer protection and redress. The Bill includes provision to require developers to become members of the ombudsman scheme, which will provide dispute resolution to homebuyers with complaints about their developer, and for a developers' code of practice about the standards of conduct and standards or quality of work expected of members of the scheme.
Housing is a devolved matter and the provisions are for England. We are in discussions with the devolved administrations about the New Homes Ombudsman provisions, and they are considering how this policy might be taken forward in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to take steps to increase (a) consumer protection in respect of and (b) information on older people’s housing; and whether the Government plans to implement the recommendations made by the Law Commission in its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to take steps to increase (a) consumer protection in respect of and (b) information on older people’s housing; and whether the Government plans to implement the recommendations made by the Law Commission in its...
Theâ¯Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Billâ¯currently in Parliament willâ¯put an end to ground rentsâ¯for new residential leasehold propertiesâ¯as part of theâ¯most significant changesâ¯toâ¯property law in a generation. The Bill's provisions will lead to fairer, more transparent homeownership for thousands of future leaseholders.
This includes retirement properties, where purchasers of new leases will not be faced with financial demands for ground rent.
In 2017, the Law Commission published a report of their review ofâ¯eventâ¯feesâ¯on behalf ofâ¯this Department.â¯This followedâ¯concernsâ¯raisedâ¯byâ¯the Competition and Markets Authorityâ¯aboutâ¯the fairness of some retirement property leases that have resulted in leaseholders paying anâ¯eventâ¯fee of between 0.25% and 30% of the sale price of the property when selling or sub-letting. Concerns were also raised about the lack of transparency ofâ¯eventâ¯feesâ¯for older people and their families when purchasing a leasehold retirement property.â¯The Law Commission madeâ¯a number ofâ¯recommendationsâ¯in itsâ¯report, whichâ¯can be downloaded atâ¯http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/event-fees-in-retirement-properties.
The Government responded to the Law Commission, thanking them for the reportâ¯and agreeing toâ¯implementâ¯the majority ofâ¯theâ¯recommendations.
The Government is consideringâ¯two further recommendations,â¯on succession rights and a database of leasehold retirement properties withâ¯eventâ¯fees, and will respond in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Communities and Communities, what steps he is planning to take to increase transparency for consumers in older people’s housing and associated fees and charges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Communities and Communities, what steps he is planning to take to increase transparency for consumers in older people’s housing and associated fees and charges.
The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill currently in Parliament will put an end to ground rents for new residential leasehold properties as part of the most significant changes to property law in a generation. The Bill's provisions will lead to fairer, more transparent homeownership for thousands of future leaseholders.
This includes retirement properties, where purchasers of new leases will not be faced with financial demands for ground rent.