Clause 49 - Duration, review and revocation of designations
Housing Bill
2:30 pm
Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative)
The hon. Gentleman is underselling his amendment. There is a serious point, which penetrates deeper than the flippant case that he is making about 100 years or 25 years. The real point is that there may be rapidly changing circumstances in a designated area. New building or substantial social change may be taking place fairly rapidly. The designation period, and the period in which the designation is revoked, needs to reflect quickly a change in circumstances that will have a real impact on the nature and quality of life in the area. The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, but he needs to make it more along those lines, rather than putting the fanciful case he did. I suspect that he had too good a lunch.