Housing and Planning Debate

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Housing and Planning

Andrew Love Excerpts
Thursday 6th September 2012

(12 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Pickles Portrait Mr Pickles
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I am delighted to say that from tomorrow we will be open for bids for this, and that the call-in procedures will be implemented as I walk out of the door today. Quite a lot of this is happening over the next few days.

Andrew Love Portrait Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton) (Lab/Co-op)
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The House is still not clear about the policy on green-belt land. The Minister has not allayed the fears raised in the Chancellor’s recent statement. He seems to suggest that as long as some replacement land is declared green belt, we can have a free-for-all on the current green belt. Will he categorically assure the House that green belt land will be protected as it always has been?