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The latest ministerial speeches, statements and articles from the housing site.

• The Future of Green Building in Britain

  Speech by Housing Minister Margaret Beckett at the 2009 Ecobuild conference.

  • Added: 4 March 2009
  • Speech by The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP

• The role of Housing Associations in responding to the economic downturn

  Speech by Housing Minister Margaret Beckett at the National Housing Federation's Leaders Forum.

  • Added: 3 March 2009
  • Speech by The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP

• Real help for homeowners

  Government is offering real help for those at risk of repossession.

  • Added: 25 February 2009
  • Article by The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP

• The Green Changing Rooms: Retrofitting the existing housing stock

  Speech by Housing Minister Margaret Beckett to an Homes & Communities Agency / Cambridge Econometrics conference on decarbonising the existing UK housing stock.

  • Added: 24 February 2009
  • Speech by The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP

• The Quiet Revolution: Retro-fitting the Housing Stock

  Speech by Housing Minister Margaret Beckett at the launch of the Heat and Energy Savings Strategy.

  • Added: 12 February 2009
  • Speech by The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP

• Is 240,000 homes a year possible?

  Minister for Housing Margaret Beckett has been interviewed by the Building Magazine about the challenges facing the housing sector.

  • Added: 30 January 2009
  • Article by The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP

• Delivering Growth in North London - One year on

  Speech by Iain Wright MP at the launch of the North London Strategic Alliance report, 'North London Development and Investment Framework - One Year On'.

  • Added: 13 January 2009
  • Speech by Iain Wright MP

• Rough sleeping in London

  Speech by Iain Wright at the City of London Rough Sleeping Conference.

  • Added: 11 December 2008
  • Speech by Iain Wright MP

• Home buying and selling

  Statement by Margaret Beckett, Minister for Housing and Planning, regarding Home buying and selling.

  • Added: 8 December 2008
  • Statement by The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP

• Allocations policies: effective practice to prevent homelessness

  Speech by Iain Wright MP at the Chartered Institute of Housing's Lettings and Homelessness Conference.

  • Added: 20 November 2008
  • Speech by Iain Wright MP

• Working together to deliver for Gypsies and Travellers

  Speech by Iain Wright MP to the National Association of Gypsy and Traveller Officers.

  • Added: 20 November 2008
  • Speech by Iain Wright MP

• No-one left out: Ending Rough Sleeping by 2012

  Speech made by Iain Wright, Minister for Homelessness at the Crisis Annual Conference.

  • Added: 18 November 2008
  • Speech by Iain Wright MP

• Housing and Planning Delivery Grant

  Statement by Margaret Beckett, Minister for Housing, regarding final allocations of the first round of £101 million of Housing and Planning Delivery Grant.

  • Added: 10 November 2008
  • Statement by The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP

• Milton Keynes South Midlands (MKSM) Conference 2008

  Speech by Iain Wright MP to the Milton Keynes South Midlands (MKSM) annual conference.

  • Added: 30 October 2008
  • Speech by Iain Wright MP

• Northern Regeneration Summit 2008

  Speech by Iain Wright MP at the Northern Regeneration Summit 2008.

  • Added: 23 October 2008
  • Speech by Iain Wright MP

• Independent Review of the Private Rented Sector

  Speech by Iain Wright MP at the launch of the of the Independent Review of the Private Rented Sector.

  • Added: 23 October 2008
  • Speech by Iain Wright MP

• English Partnerships Open Meeting 2008

  Speech by Communities Secretary Hazel Blears at the final annual open meeting held by English Partnerships.

  • Added: 16 October 2008
  • Speech by The Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP

• Address to the Home Builders Federation 2008

  Speech by Margaret Beckett, Minister for Housing to the Home Builders Federation.

  • Added: 15 October 2008
  • Speech by The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP

• Address to the Housing Corporation's Rural Housing Group

  Speech made by Communities and Local Government Minister Iain Wright at the Housing Corporation's Rural Housing Group.

  • Added: 8 October 2008
  • Speech by Iain Wright MP

• Housing design awards 2008

  Speech by Housing Minister Caroline Flint at the Housing design awards 2008

  • Added: 3 July 2008
  • Speech by The Rt Hon Caroline Flint MP