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Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill

My hon. Friend rightly trumpets the achievements of housing associations, but their work often depends on the support of the Housing Corporation. Clause 2(2) says that the Bill extends to England, Wales and Scotland. I am worried that areas such as north Oxfordshire have fallen off the map and that we are a black hole as far as the Housing Corporation is concerned. We have two LSVT—large-scale voluntary transfer—housing associations doing good work on refurbishing and repairing that stock, but no new stock is coming on stream. Working families with children are effectively being condemned to live for ever in short tenancies in the private rented sector. Will my hon. Friend say what we will do to rectify that when we get into government?