Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lee Rowley and James Davies

Monday 22nd April 2024 Commons Chamber

[Lee Rowley]

As the hon. Gentleman knows, the planning system has a substantial amount of flexibility—it is one of the frustrations—to ensure that local councils do the right thing. Where they do the right thing, they should be celebrated; where they do not, we should criticise them and hope that they are thrown out. If the hon. Gentleman is arguing against developer-led planning—capitalism, as it is otherwise known—that is a very interesting place for liberalism in this country to go.

[Dr James Davies (Vale of Clwyd) (Con)]

6. What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the community ownership fund on local communities.