Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of granting planning permission to the MSG Sphere in Stratford on economic growth in (a) east London and (b) the UK.

Because of the Secretary of State’s quasi-judicial role in the planning system, I cannot comment about the merits of this particular planning application.