Speeches by Dixon.

“I am not going to give way again, I am afraid. The hon. Member for South Cotswolds raised very real concerns about flooding. Flooding can have a devastating impact on communities, homes and infrastructure, which is why we take it seriously. The Government’s approach is guided by the NPPF, which is designed to protect p…”

“I will certainly consider that. The national planning policy framework sets out that local plans must deliver, where practicable, the amount, type and tenure of homes that communities actually need. That requires carefully striking a balance between enabling necessary development, and protecting and enhancing the natur…”

“I will come to that point for the hon. Member’s benefit. A crucial first step is ensuring that local authorities plan for the right number of homes. That means assessing housing need and then identifying how much development is realistically deliverable, taking into account land availability, environmental constraints …”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) on securing this important debate and I thank the other hon. Members who have made contributions today. I have noted their comments carefully. The Government recognise the acute housing pressures facing rural communities, and are committed to ensuring that …”

“As I iterated earlier, we want to see more empty homes brought back into use in Sheffield and across the country. As we outlined in the English devolution White Paper, we intend to strengthen the ability of local authorities such as Sheffield city council to take over the management of vacant residential premises.”

“Absolutely. I am really encouraged by the way that local communities are seizing the opportunity of Pride in Place funding, and taking it forward to deal with an issue that affects every council across the country.”

“The Government are committed to an election Bill, which will be coming in due course—very shortly, I imagine—and I am sure the hon. Member will be able to explore those issues further at that time.”

“Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. The Government want more empty homes brought back into use across the country, including through the steps we outlined in the English devolution White Paper to strengthen local authorities’ ability to take over the management of vacant residential premises.”

“Local authorities have a number of powers to deal with empty homes. The hon. Member raises an interesting point, which I will take away and consider with officials.”

“I thank all hon. Members for their comments; I will try to respond to them as fully as I can. First, on the ability of local authorities to respond to this change, the point is that the levy rates are set out in regulations, and any change would require further regulations approved by Parliament. We will undertake revi…”

“I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025. Is it a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond, in my first outing as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety, Fire and Democracy. This Government are committed to the remed…”

“I want to pick up on the comment Mark made about the fact that Ofcom can’t engage on the legal side of it. X has increasingly higher thresholds for removing abusive or threatening content and has refused requests for information from the police to identify perpetrators. X has told us that, “to be able to disclose infor…”

“Talking about compatibility with domestic law, in the Online Safety Act it is an offence to make threats recklessly even if the perpetrator does not intend to carry them out. Meta’s policy is to remove threats of violence to public figures only if they are what they describe as “credible”. Is that policy that Meta has …”

“I think it is less than 50%, less than that, which given what Ben has just outlined, which is clearly illegal or would appear to be, is really quite disappointing to hear.”

“My colleague asked if the owner of your company had ever had any of his comments taken down. He called one of our colleagues a “rape genocide apologist” and said that she should be jailed. That led to her safety, which my colleague knows about directly, being extremely compromised, but somehow that is not a justificati…”

“It was posted over a year ago.”

“We gave your colleague from X an example. We have also given you an example—the post about Andy McDonald, which I think was in response to his football team doing well, to which somebody replied, “Come in to Middlesbrough you will get a good slap, you waste of space.” That is a threat of violence. Is that not credible?”

“But you do not monitor those conversations so that you know whether somebody is plotting to harm somebody or is a terrorist.”

“What about end-to-end encryption and plotting to harm?”

“But how do you define something as credible? Is it entirely based on context?”