It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Bardell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani) for securing this important debate and my hon. Friend the Member for Eastbourne (Caroline Ansell) for her interventions. My hon. Friend described her constituency as a beautiful area and listed the many communities that make it a unique place to live, highlighting the difficulties in delivering houses while maintaining community support. I noted the introduction of a standard method for assessing local housing need in 2018 to simplify and clarify the process, alongside changes to increase housing need by 35% in 20 urban areas in December 2020, with Wealden seeing no change from previous methods. The Government concluded that 2014-based projections would continue to be used for calculating housing targets, emphasizing that lower household projections do not necessarily mean fewer homes needing to be built. Councils decide their own housing requirement based on local need and circumstances, working with neighbouring authorities if necessary. I reassured my hon. Friend the Member for Wealden that the Department will support her council in delivering homes they need, considering the planning system's alignment with the levelling-up agenda. The housing delivery test aims to ensure transparency on actual housing delivery and encourage authorities to focus on supporting deliverable schemes. Developers should build out permissions as quickly as possible, and local authorities and developers must work together at a local level to overcome barriers. Wealden District Council collected over £5 million in community infrastructure levy in 2021, plus over £3.4 million from section 106 agreements. I acknowledged the call for exploring a new infrastructure levy that will be simpler, more transparent and consistent, recognising the importance of timely infrastructure delivery through developer contributions. The Government are considering how best to take forward proposals for changes to the planning system with an announcement on next steps in due course. I also noted concerns about numbers for local authorities reflecting housing need being advisory rather than mandatory, and highlighted the development of an older people's taskforce. The minister invited further constructive debate with Treasury colleagues on a stamp duty reduction for last-time buyers.