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Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill

I am grateful to the Minister for making it clear that this is a light-touch process. However, it is important that we do not again find ourselves in the process in which we are currently engaged, of having to introduce a Bill to tackle an anomaly. I would therefore be grateful if she passed on to her colleagues in the Cabinet Office our request, on behalf of both Opposition parties, to write to us at an appropriate moment to inform us of their progress. I look forward to receiving that correspondence in due course. We can tell from the attendance in the Chamber that although everyone who was interested in the Bill took a keen and informed interest in it, most hon. Members wish only to secure its speedy passage. For that reason, I commend the Bill to my hon. Friends.