Every parliamentary written question tabled by James McMurdock this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of annual increases in house prices on the ability of first-time buyers to purchase a home, and what steps he is taking to improve affordability.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Best Value Notice issued to Basildon Borough Council on 15 July 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the issues identified in the Notice on the transition to the new South West Essex unitary council.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in house price affordability in South Basildon and East Thurrock over the last five years.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Best Value Notice issued to Basildon Borough Council on 15 July 2026, what specific evidence led Ministers to conclude that a Best Value Notice was required.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what proportion of planning applications for large-scale data centres approved since 2020 have been located on greenfield land.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the availability of developed land suitable for data centre developments.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local planning authorities on assessing operational noise from data centres.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of residential property transactions that fell through in each of the last five years.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's press release entitled Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through, published on 19 June 2026, what discussions he has had with mortgage lenders regarding the proposed earlier binding agreements.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's press release entitled Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through, published on 19 June 2026, what metrics will be used to assess the success of the reforms.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's press release entitled Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through, published on 19 June 2026, what reasons have already been identified when informing this policy for withdrawing from a residential property transcation.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's press release entitled Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through, published on 19 June 2026, what criteria will be used to determine what constitutes a legitimate reason for withdrawing from a residential property transaction after an earlier binding agreement has been entered into.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost to sellers of failed residential property transactions in each of the last five years.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's press release entitled Homebuying shake-up to slash delays, cut costs and stop sales falling through, published on 19 June 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms on trends in the level of completed residential property transactions.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of property sales in (a) Basildon, (b) Thurrock, and (c) Essex which have not been successful in each of the last five years.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what steps is he taking to set out the High Streets Stategy.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of digital property logbooks under home buying and selling reforms on the a) privacy and b) security of homeowners’ data.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to home buying and selling on homeowners' willingness to put properties up for sale.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, whether sellers would be required to incur costs associated with property information packs under proposed home buying and selling reforms before securing a prospective purchaser
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average upfront cost for a seller under the proposed home buying and selling reforms.
Awaiting answer.