Part of Estimates Day — [1st Allotted Day] — Supplementary Estimates 2006-07 – in the House of Commons at 12:48 pm on 7 December 2006.
Given that over the past five years house prices have risen sharply and that average earnings are about £5,000 a head lower in rural areas than in urban areas, does the hon. Lady agree that in legitimately seeking an expansion in the quantity of housing available in areas such as mine and others, it is important that the Government address in terms both the requirements for infrastructure in general and my constituents' concerns about water shortages, sewerage capacity and implications for the food plain?