Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a permitted development right for urban homeowners to increase their property to four storeys where that complies with the local authority’s design code.”
Tabled: 16 January 2024Answered: 22 January 2024
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
The right to protest is an important part of our democracy, but it has to be exercised within the law. Sentencing in individual cases is, of course, a matter for independent courts.