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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what policies contained in the 2010 Coalition Agreement and falling under his Department's responsibilities have not yet been implemented; and what the reasons are for each such policy's non-implementation.

My Department has delivered on all commitments in the Coalition Agreement within our Departmental responsibilities, with one exception.

Opposition peers in the House of Lords obstructed the provisions in the Localism Bill to give new rights to local residents to hold local referendums.

I hope this policy is something that can be taken forward in a future Parliament. The Conservative Party position in the recent command paper, Implications of devolution for England (Cm 8969) re-affirmed support for this policy, which would strengthen local democracy and local accountability.