Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Nick Boles and Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
Nick Boles
I am happy to reassure my hon. Friend that it certainly is sufficient. One of the decisions that I have most enjoyed taking in this job has been to support the decision of a local authority, which had well in excess of a five-year land supply, to refuse an application for speculative development in an area where it did not want development.
Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab)
The National Audit Office has warned that 12% of councils are unlikely to be able to balance their books in the future. Do Ministers agree with that figure and, if not, what is their estimate of the number?