Oral Answers to Questions

John Bercow Excerpts

Monday 25th November 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. The hon. Gentleman needs to face the House so we can all benefit from his eloquence.

[Nick Boles]

I apologise, Mr Speaker. I hope my hon. Friend will not mind having to look at the back of my head while I answer his question. His council will of course be looking at every brownfield site to identify those ready for development. It may be the case that in some circumstances some brownfield sites require huge investment in either infrastructure or decontamination and are therefore not appropriate for development, but the preference will always be to use brownfield sites.