Housing and Planning Bill (Thirteenth sitting)

Maria Caulfield Excerpts

Thursday 3rd December 2015 Public Bill Committees

[Kevin Hollinrake]

I stand corrected, Mr Gray. To go back to my point about King’s Cross, how can we release the land in such locations owned by, for example, the NHS, local authorities, the Ministry of Defence or Network Rail?

[Maria Caulfield (Lewes) (Con)]

Does my hon. Friend agree that we need to look at the processes via which local authorities and other public bodies in London—and, indeed, elsewhere—release that land so that we can speed up the planning process?

[Kevin Hollinrake]

I could not agree more. In conclusion, will my hon. Friend the Minister consider how we move that public land out of public sector ownership and into use for the public good?