Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Statement by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State on 23 February 2022, Official Report, colum148WH, if his Department will hold discussions with Hertfordshire County Council on the potential merits of disposal of the land that Council owns at Radlett being developed to support the delivery of community initiatives or facilitate local regeneration instead of the construction of a Strategic Rail Freight Interchange.

Due to the Secretary of State’s quasi-judicial role in the planning system, it would not be appropriate for me to hold a meeting to discuss the details of any specific site, particularly when a local plan is currently being prepared for that area.