Critiqued the inconsistent enforcement of the Commun [6D [K Community Infrastructure Levy on private homeowners, highlighting its finan [5D [K financial burden and lack of exemptions for minor home improvements. Mentio [6D [K Mentioned specific cases where residents faced exorbitant bills with no rig [3D [K right to appeal. Called for better guidance from the Government to local au [2D [K authorities on CIL enforcement.

Mr Amos highlights that families are facing bills of [2D [K of £40,000 to £70,000 for missing forms. He criticises the Conservative cou [3D [K council administration for implementing the CIL charging schedule and calls [5D [K calls for changes in regulations. The right hon. Gentleman is correct that residents n [1D [K need redress, but the nature of errors or mistakes in charging can vary bet [3D [K between authorities. In West Berkshire, a procedural error was made, leadin [6D [K leading to different remedies.

The community infrastructure levy is intended to sup [3D [K support growth through infrastructure, but in parts of Farnham and Bordon t [1D [K the promise is broken. £30 million has been collected and left unspent by W [1D [K Waverley borough council, with interest accruing at £125,000 a month absorb [6D [K absorbed into general spending rather than ringfenced for infrastructure. H [1D [K Homeowners making changes to their properties are being aggressively pursue [6D [K pursued and charged exorbitant rates; in Farnham the rate is £547.17 per sq [2D [K square metre, rising to nearly £570 in Haslemere. Residents face CIL liabil [6D [K liabilities of nearly £1 million without support from the council. Mr Stafford corrects a previous statement that CIL w [1D [K was introduced by Conservatives in Waverley, noting it was implemented by t [1D [K the Liberal Democrats. He calls for more flexible systems like those used e [1D [K elsewhere.

Jim Shannon highlighted the cautionary tale from Nor [3D [K Northern Ireland, which operates without a CIL-style levy and relies on bes [3D [K bespoke section 76 agreements. He noted that this approach has led to a mul [3D [K multibillion-pound funding gap for infrastructure in Northern Ireland.

My constituent Ruth had to pay a £38,000 CIL charge [K due to her husband's Alzheimer's preventing him from submitting correct for [3D [K forms. The Government cannot intervene because the rules were followed tech [4D [K technically, despite the injustice. The CIL rules are too inflexible and va [2D [K vague.

Kit Malthouse supported his right hon. Friend's illu [4D [K illustration of injustices caused by CIL and discussed the macroeconomic im [2D [K impact, noting that small builders have been heavily impacted since the cra [3D [K crash in 2008.

Richard Foord shared the view that when CIL was intr [4D [K introduced, it was not meant to penalise people adding extensions or seekin [6D [K seeking to self-build but rather as a levy on large-scale infrastructure to [2D [K to reinvest into the community. My hon. Friend reminds the House that his colleague, [10D [K colleague, Mr Dillon, tabled a new clause on CIL guidance for the English D [1D [K Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, which was not accepted by the Go [2D [K Government. He suggests looking at other legislative opportunities to addre [5D [K address these issues.