Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the effect on the environment of meeting the need for housing in the Oxford Cambridge Arc.

As we develop the Spatial Framework we will embed high environmental sustainability standards in our approach in the Arc. We will begin thorough and tailored environmental assessments now and for these to be conducted in parallel with the development of a wider strategic framework across the Arc.