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Alistair Strathern

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Local Government Reorganisation
Monday 7th September 2026

(4 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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For the final question, I call Alistair Strathern.

Alistair Strathern Portrait Alistair Strathern (Hitchin) (Lab)
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New towns should be an opportunity to better manage development pressures, not add to them. I thank the Housing Minister for hearing our campaign to ensure that any attempted new town counts towards my local authority’s housing targets, not in addition to them. How can we now ensure that proposals are considered at pace so that, if approved, they can count towards our local housing plan and the local planning process as quickly as possible?

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