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Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill

The Minister is very kind. I thank him very much. The possible levy to be applied has already been discussed in Northamptonshire, which the Minister will know is one of the areas that will be heavily affected by the sustainable communities project, with 167,000 new homes by 2031. It is worrying that people are already talking about £40,000 per house as a way of paying for infrastructure. Can the Minister give us some idea of whether it is likely to be that kind of figure? We have to go ahead with infrastructure for sustainable communities and we will need to know what money is available before we come back to the Government to say, ““That ain’t enough.””