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Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill

I draw the hon. Gentleman’s attention to Milton Keynes, where the Conservative hon. Member for North-East Milton Keynes (Mr. Lancaster) has joined me in welcoming the Government’s investment in, for example, Central Milton Keynes station, which constitutes vital infrastructure, and in the biggest school building programme in the United Kingdom, which is being conducted precisely to meet need. Yet some Conservative Members, despite the provision of infrastructure, continue to oppose housing, apparently because they want the nice green view next door to their houses—built on what were previously green fields—to be protected. Will the hon. Gentleman bend his charm to those councillors—