Local Government Finance Settlement

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:58 am on 15 December 2016.

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Photo of Peter Heaton-Jones Peter Heaton-Jones Conservative, North Devon 11:58, 15 December 2016

I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement and all the work the Government are doing to encourage the building of new homes. When considering changes to the new homes bonus, I ask him to bear it carefully in mind, as I am sure he will, that it is an important source of income for smaller local authorities like mine in North Devon and that the triggering of the new homes bonus is tied to the delivery of new homes, which is not always totally in the gift of the local authority, because of issues such as the availability of land and, frankly, the willingness of developers to build out. Will he work with me and North Devon Council to consider that carefully so that we get the balance right?