Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 2 June 2009.
In the current economic climate, the aspiration to build 3 million new houses by 2020 looks ambitious. In the review of regional plans, will the Minister recognise the pent-up demand for housing that still exists and commit herself to development, in the east midlands and elsewhere, on brownfield sites rather than on greenfield sites?