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Business of the House

May we have a debate on the Highways Agency’s use of article 14 orders to block developments and the jobs that they would bring to areas such as mine, where such jobs are greatly needed if we are ever to achieve 80 per cent. employment? Businesses such as Northern Rock are prevented from expanding by the use of article 14 orders, which are meant to prevent congestion in areas that are overheating and where the roads have been fully expanded. However, that is not the case with the A1 and the A69, which in some places have not even been dualled.