My hon.

This year’s funding settlement offers local councils up and down the country a real-terms increase in core funding.

The hon. Lady might be interested to know that there are fewer houses being built as leaseholds in England since the mid-1990s.

As the hon.

I can say to the hon.

I agree with a great deal of what the hon. Lady said. Yes, this is about that sense of justice and change.

On the latter point, I have only seen some of the press reporting on that litigation, so it is difficult for me to comment, not knowing a

Yes, I can give my hon. Friend that assurance.

As I indicated in a previous answer, we intend to make it a condition of the funding that there is a clear timeline and that actions are

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his contribution and for the important points he has made to the House this afternoon.