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Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Henry Smith

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Monday 5th June 2023

(1 year, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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I have a lot of sympathy with the hon. Lady’s position, and I will look closely at that proposal. I agree with her and, indeed, with the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Wigan (Lisa Nandy), that the green belt is a valuable environmental asset that we need to protect, but sadly that is not the view of the Leader of the Opposition.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
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In reforming planning policy to deliver more homes, can I have an assurance that the brownfield-first policy will be paramount to protect the green belt and green fields from development?

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