{"id":10356,"date":"2015-05-29T17:25:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T16:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=10356"},"modified":"2015-05-29T17:25:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T16:25:05","slug":"queens-speech-2015-select-items-for-ihbc-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=10356","title":{"rendered":"Queen\u2019s Speech 2015: select items for IHBC members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>More than 20 new bills are proposed in the latest Queen\u2019s Speech, with many relating to issues that may affect the work of IHBC members.<\/u><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>The Gov.uk website writes:<br \/>\n<\/u>Housing Bill<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the Bill is to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>help give more hard-working people the chance to own their own home<\/li>\n<li>increase housing supply and access to home ownership<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The main benefits of the Bill would be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>helping more tenants of housing associations to buy a home of their own<\/li>\n<li>increasing the supply of new Starter Homes (to be exclusively offered to young first-time buyers, at a 20% discount below their open market value)<\/li>\n<li>helping those wishing to build their own home<\/li>\n<li>ensuring local people have more control over planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Energy Bill<\/strong><br \/>\nThe purpose of the Bill is to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ensure there will be affordable and reliable energy for businesses and families<\/li>\n<li>give the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) the powers it needs to become a robust, independent and effective regulator, and enable it to maximise the economic recovery of oil and gas from UK waters<\/li>\n<li>change the law in line with the manifesto commitment to give local communities the final say on wind farm applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill<\/strong><br \/>\nThe purpose of the Bill is to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>fulfill the government\u2019s commitments on devolving powers and budgets to boost local growth in England<\/li>\n<li>work through our long-term economic plan to rebuild our economy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Enterprise Bill<\/strong><br \/>\nThe purpose of the Bill is to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>cement the UK\u2019s position as the best place in Europe to start and grow a business, by cutting red tape and making it easier for small businesses to resolve disputes quickly and easily<\/li>\n<li>reward entrepreneurship, generate jobs and higher wages for all, and offer people opportunity at every stage of their lives<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the main government pages on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/topical-events\/queens-speech-2015\" target=\"_blank\">Queen\u2019s Speech and briefings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/portaldirector.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/28\/no-planning-bill-in-queens-speech-but-plenty-of-planning-related-legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Planning Portal Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playbuzz.com\/cabinetoffice10\/what-do-you-know-about-the-queens-speech\" target=\"_blank\">Take a quiz on the Queen\u2019s speech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 20 new bills are proposed in the latest Queen\u2019s Speech, with many relating to issues that may affect the work of IHBC members.\u00a0 The Gov.uk website writes: Housing Bill The purpose of the Bill is to: help give &hellip; 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