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Housing and Regeneration Bill

Perhaps I may clarify that. The Milton Keynes sub-committee is quite new. It was created only three years ago and is a full sub-committee of the English Partnerships board. Because it was a sub-committee of the board, our vice-chairman sat on that committee, but the accounting officer who had oversight of the investment programme of that sub-committee was a full member of our board. From the noble Viscount’s previous comment, I understand it is not the model that he would like to see, but it has served us extremely well.