A question on #Housing #Construction tabled by Alex Ballinger on 17-04-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Housing: Construction
Question ID: 1795249
UIN: 46459
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-17
Asking Member ID: 5238
Asking Member display name: Alex Ballinger
Asking Member handle: AlexBallingerMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @AlexBallingerMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that open spaces and the green belt are protected during house building.
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Date answered: 2025-04-29
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the government’s policies for safeguarding the Green Belt from inappropriate development. The Framework also allows local areas to identify local green space which is protected in a similar manner to the Gre...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true