Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Judith Cummins and Lord Wharton of Yarm

Monday 14th September 2015 Commons Chamber

[James Wharton]

A range, of course, is not an average, although I recognise the hon. Lady’s concern. She, like us, wants brownfield land to be regenerated and built on and housing delivered in the right places, and the £1 billion fund being established by the Government will go a long way to doing that. It will make a real difference. It will deliver houses where they are needed—and on brownfield land that has not been used and from which there has been no benefit for far too long.

[Judith Cummins (Bradford South) (Lab)]

4. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the local government grant formula in directing funding to areas of need.