Schedule 4
Housing and Regeneration Bill
12:15 pm
Iain Wright (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government; Hartlepool, Labour)
I am grateful for that question. It is very similar to what the hon. Gentleman asked in his previous line of inquiry about public rights of way. I would point out that the Secretary of State needs to act reasonably and in accordance with principles of general administrative law that would be subject to judicial review. As for the suggestion that a future Administration might have a less benign approach to these laws, I suggest to him that we need to work together to ensure that we continue to have a Labour Government.