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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the opposition of the London Borough of Enfield to the proposed new town will mean the Government will impose the new town without the support of the council.

As we have repeatedly made clear, final decisions on new town locations will be made in the national interest.

A response to the consultation on the draft New Towns Programme will be published in due course.