Clause 33
Housing and Regeneration Bill
6:30 pm
Roberta Blackman-Woods (PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence; City of Durham, Labour)
Can the Minister confirm that subsection (1)(d) will mean that the HCA should pay attention, in determining what is an attractive environment, to the need for communities that are being developed or regenerated to have a sensible provision of open and recreational space? I am sure that he is aware that some local authorities, such as mine, in Durham city, seem determined to build on every single open space available, regardless of the views of the local community or the impact on it. Will he confirm that the HCA will not be similarly encouraged?