Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bridget Phillipson and Kit Malthouse

Monday 4th March 2019 Commons Chamber

[Kit Malthouse]

There will be no intention to leave any sod of brownfield land unturned throughout the country in our quest for space to build the homes that the next generation needs. The hon. Lady makes a serious point and she is right that in the spending review and the consideration of arrangements as we leave the EU, we need to look to reproduce the capacity to deal with all that contaminated land, which is perhaps a relic of our industrial past but now holds enormous potential for the future.

[Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)]

10. What assessment he has made of the financial sustainability of local authorities.