Clause 50
Housing and Regeneration Bill
1:00 pm
George Young (North West Hampshire, Conservative)
I believe that you were in the Chair, Mr. Gale, when we discussed clause 10. In that debate, markers were put down for our discussion of clause 50. I refer to column 233 of our proceedings of 15 January. The context of the debate was the disposal of land at less than best price, and the Minister said:
“I will touch upon that in some respects as I answer the amendments, but I suggest that we put a marker down in terms of discussing it further under clause 50.”——[Official Report, Housing and Regeneration Public Bill Committee, 15 January 2008; c. 233.]
As we are now debating clause 50, will the Minister define slightly more clearly than he did in the debate on clause 10 the circumstances of any general consent that the Secretary of State might give the HCA to dispose of land at less than best price? He will recall that the Committee spent some time on that, and there was concern about an over-restrictive approach to such disposal. Will he do what he said he would do, and discuss the matter further now?