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Construction: Materials

Asked by Chris LawScottish National PartyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 9 December 2025UIN 95664

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the forthcoming Planning and Infrastructure Bill will include measures to support the use of low-carbon, natural building materials.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill contains no measures relating to building materials.

The full text of the Bill as introduced, as well as further versions of the Bill as it is reprinted to incorporate amendments made during its passage through Parliament, can be found online here.

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