Question follow-through · 83785

Housing: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve (a) sewage lines and (b) other housing infrastructure.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
23 Oct 2025
Answer
3 Nov 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve (a) sewage lines and (b) other housing infrastructure.

  2. 23 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to questions UIN 65505 on 14 July 2025 and UIN 77897 on 17 October 2025.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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