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Catherine West

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Foreign Fighters and the Death Penalty
Monday 23rd July 2018

(6 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Brokenshire Portrait James Brokenshire
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If my right hon. Friend looks at the draft national planning policy framework, he will see that it is about plan policy: setting the high-level objectives and then allowing local areas to form their plans. I hope that when he sees the final NPPF he will recognise that.

Catherine West Portrait Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green) (Lab)
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While the new homes are being built, will the Department consider looking at a requirement on all local authorities to place families within a reasonable distance of schools, as so many children in temporary accommodation are travelling for over two hours to get to their schools?

James Brokenshire Portrait James Brokenshire
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I acknowledge the broad point that the hon. Lady highlights. That is why we are very firmly committed to providing infrastructure around new homes, and schools are very firmly a part of that.

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