Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 107994
Housing: Construction
Tabled: 23 January 2026
Answered: 3 February 2026
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the potential effect of the planned increases in landfill duty on housebuilding.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government carefully considered the impact of reforms to landfill tax on rates of housebuilding and took account of the feedback received to the consultation carried out last year. As a result, the government set out a plan to prevent the gap between ...
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