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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to expand the list of approved products and installers eligible for the 20% VAT reduction on home energy retrofits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to expand the list of approved products and installers eligible for the 20% VAT reduction on home energy retrofits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what (a) entry criteria, (b) monitoring requirements and (c) complaints and redress arrangements will apply to businesses participating in the Government-supported Approved Code for home-improvement traders; and whether details of businesses suspended or removed from that scheme will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what (a) entry criteria, (b) monitoring requirements and (c) complaints and redress arrangements will apply to businesses participating in the Government-supported Approved Code for home-improvement traders; and whether details of businesses suspended or removed from that scheme will...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the reduced rate of VAT on renovating empty residential properties.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the reduced rate of VAT on renovating empty residential properties.
To support the Government’s housing delivery targets, the Government maintains several VAT reliefs for the construction of homes. This includes a reduced rate of VAT of five per cent for the renovation of properties that have been empty for two or more years.
Reduced VAT on services in relation to conversions, renovations and alterations is included in the ongoing evaluation of tax reliefs to support housebuilding. The evaluation report will be published in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how the Approved Code for the home improvement sector will interact with the Competition and Markets Authority's principles for trader recommendation platforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how the Approved Code for the home improvement sector will interact with the Competition and Markets Authority's principles for trader recommendation platforms.
The Furniture and Home Improvement Ombudsman (FHIO) will deliver an Approved Code that traders can sign up to. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) will provide oversight of the Approved Code. The Approved Code will have built-in Alternative Dispute Resolution for consumer redress.
Trusted Payments was developed in collaboration with the Dispute Resolution Ombudsman (DRO), who have business links to FHIO, to provide a service that traders and consumers can use to ensure money is held safely in escrow while work is completed.
Government supported the launch as it improves consumer choice and protection in a key sector where detriment levels are consistently high. The Government will monitor the success of the scheme, including take-up and the number of disputes resolved.
The FHIO worked with industry during development, and the announcement was welcomed by a range of bodies, including the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, Citizens Advice and Which?.
Trader recommendation platforms are not directly affected, but the Government expects them to play their part in keeping rogue builders out of the market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what metrics his Department will use to evaluate the success of the Approved Code.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what metrics his Department will use to evaluate the success of the Approved Code.
The Furniture and Home Improvement Ombudsman (FHIO) will deliver an Approved Code that traders can sign up to. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) will provide oversight of the Approved Code. The Approved Code will have built-in Alternative Dispute Resolution for consumer redress.
Trusted Payments was developed in collaboration with the Dispute Resolution Ombudsman (DRO), who have business links to FHIO, to provide a service that traders and consumers can use to ensure money is held safely in escrow while work is completed.
Government supported the launch as it improves consumer choice and protection in a key sector where detriment levels are consistently high. The Government will monitor the success of the scheme, including take-up and the number of disputes resolved.
The FHIO worked with industry during development, and the announcement was welcomed by a range of bodies, including the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, Citizens Advice and Which?.
Trader recommendation platforms are not directly affected, but the Government expects them to play their part in keeping rogue builders out of the market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, which organisations his Department consulted before announcing the Approved Code for the home improvement sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, which organisations his Department consulted before announcing the Approved Code for the home improvement sector.
The Furniture and Home Improvement Ombudsman (FHIO) will deliver an Approved Code that traders can sign up to. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) will provide oversight of the Approved Code. The Approved Code will have built-in Alternative Dispute Resolution for consumer redress.
Trusted Payments was developed in collaboration with the Dispute Resolution Ombudsman (DRO), who have business links to FHIO, to provide a service that traders and consumers can use to ensure money is held safely in escrow while work is completed.
Government supported the launch as it improves consumer choice and protection in a key sector where detriment levels are consistently high. The Government will monitor the success of the scheme, including take-up and the number of disputes resolved.
The FHIO worked with industry during development, and the announcement was welcomed by a range of bodies, including the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, Citizens Advice and Which?.
Trader recommendation platforms are not directly affected, but the Government expects them to play their part in keeping rogue builders out of the market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will outline the process for selecting the Furniture and Home Improvement Ombudsman and Trusted Payments as delivery partners for the Approved Code and Trusted Payments schemes announced on 28 August 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will outline the process for selecting the Furniture and Home Improvement Ombudsman and Trusted Payments as delivery partners for the Approved Code and Trusted Payments schemes announced on 28 August 2026.
The Furniture and Home Improvement Ombudsman (FHIO) will deliver an Approved Code that traders can sign up to. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) will provide oversight of the Approved Code. The Approved Code will have built-in Alternative Dispute Resolution for consumer redress.
Trusted Payments was developed in collaboration with the Dispute Resolution Ombudsman (DRO), who have business links to FHIO, to provide a service that traders and consumers can use to ensure money is held safely in escrow while work is completed.
Government supported the launch as it improves consumer choice and protection in a key sector where detriment levels are consistently high. The Government will monitor the success of the scheme, including take-up and the number of disputes resolved.
The FHIO worked with industry during development, and the announcement was welcomed by a range of bodies, including the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, Citizens Advice and Which?.
Trader recommendation platforms are not directly affected, but the Government expects them to play their part in keeping rogue builders out of the market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department’s policy is on consequential improvements in relation to residential extensions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department’s policy is on consequential improvements in relation to residential extensions.
The Government's requirements relating to consequential improvements are set out in Regulation 28 of the Building Regulations 2010.
Consequential improvements may be required where building work is carried out to an existing building with a total useful floor area exceeding 1,000 square metres, including where an extension is constructed. Where Regulation 28 applies, additional energy efficiency improvements should be made where they are technically, functionally and economically feasible.
For extensions to existing dwellings, Approved Document L sets out what may, in ordinary circumstances, be accepted as one way to comply with Building Regulation 28.
The extension of a dwelling should also comply with all other relevant Building Regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether homeowners will be required to pay for updates to digital property logbooks following alterations or improvements to their property.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether homeowners will be required to pay for updates to digital property logbooks following alterations or improvements to their property.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation published by her predecessor Department entitled Changes to various permitted development rights, published on 13 February 2024, whether she plans to make changes to permitted development rights on household extensions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation published by her predecessor Department entitled Changes to various permitted development rights, published on 13 February 2024, whether she plans to make changes to permitted development rights on household extensions.
My Lords, it is important that we have the confidence of the public in our housing system. For that reason, I wish to test the opinion of the House.
My Lords, it is important that we have the confidence of the public in our housing system. For that reason, I wish to test the opinion of the House.
Tabled by
Baroness O'Neill of Bexley
87: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause—
“National strategy for management of social housing stock
(1) Within the period of 12 months beginning on the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must publish a strategy for improving the management and utilisation...
Tabled by
Baroness O'Neill of Bexley
87: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause—
“National strategy for management of social housing stock
(1) Within the period of 12 months beginning on the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must publish a strategy for improving the management and utilisation...
Based on the commitment made earlier by the Minister, I am happy not to move this amendment.
Based on the commitment made earlier by the Minister, I am happy not to move this amendment.
Moved by
Lord Bird
89: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause—
“Empty dwelling management orders: prescribed period of time
In the Housing (Empty Dwelling Management Orders) (Prescribed Period of Time and Additional Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2625), omit Article 2 (prescribed period of time).”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to...
Moved by
Lord Bird
89: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause—
“Empty dwelling management orders: prescribed period of time
In the Housing (Empty Dwelling Management Orders) (Prescribed Period of Time and Additional Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2625), omit Article 2 (prescribed period of time).”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to...
My Lords, I am very pleased that I am being given the opportunity to speak to these two interesting amendments, Amendments 89 and 90. They are very simple. They are nowhere near what I want to achieve in life, but they are, in a sense, a halt in a becoming....
My Lords, I am very pleased that I am being given the opportunity to speak to these two interesting amendments, Amendments 89 and 90. They are very simple. They are nowhere near what I want to achieve in life, but they are, in a sense, a halt in a becoming....
Order! We cannot hear the noble Lord.
Order! We cannot hear the noble Lord.
Shall I talk louder? The rain in Spain goes mainly down the drain. Sorry. Forgive me. Thank you. You are on my side.
Tony Blair or somebody in his Government had the idea that, if a house was empty for six months, it should be available for the local authority to...
Shall I talk louder? The rain in Spain goes mainly down the drain. Sorry. Forgive me. Thank you. You are on my side.
Tony Blair or somebody in his Government had the idea that, if a house was empty for six months, it should be available for the local authority to...
My Lords, I have tabled Amendment 92, the final amendment, and will be going ahead of my noble friend speaking from the Front Bench. To set it out pretty clearly, I hope that this finds favour with not only the Minister but the renewed Secretary of State, the right honourable...
My Lords, I have tabled Amendment 92, the final amendment, and will be going ahead of my noble friend speaking from the Front Bench. To set it out pretty clearly, I hope that this finds favour with not only the Minister but the renewed Secretary of State, the right honourable...
My Lords, this is a group of interesting and different amendments. Nobody could fail to be moved by the way that the noble Lord, Lord Bird, speaks to us, or to understand and feel his passion. He should not doubt for a minute that we share that; I think we...
My Lords, this is a group of interesting and different amendments. Nobody could fail to be moved by the way that the noble Lord, Lord Bird, speaks to us, or to understand and feel his passion. He should not doubt for a minute that we share that; I think we...
My Lords, I support Amendment 89 and acknowledge the remarkable contribution made by the noble Lord, Lord Bird, to tackling homelessness over many years.
That challenge is particularly acute in rural communities. We know that rural housing is less affordable. Action with Communities in Rural England reports that the average home...
My Lords, I support Amendment 89 and acknowledge the remarkable contribution made by the noble Lord, Lord Bird, to tackling homelessness over many years.
That challenge is particularly acute in rural communities. We know that rural housing is less affordable. Action with Communities in Rural England reports that the average home...