Clause 2
Housing and Regeneration Bill
2:30 pm
Alistair Burt (Shadow Minister, Communities and Local Government; North East Bedfordshire, Conservative)
I am slightly puzzled. There was a great fanfare at the Thames Gateway forum for the announcement of the delivery plan. Why was the HCA’s involvement not mentioned then, only a handful of working weeks ago? If this was the great plan and programme for the next few years, why has a new element been introduced just five or six weeks later? Was it known then? If so, why was it not announced? If not, why is such a significant delivery vehicle being introduced after the announcement of the great plan for the next 10 years?