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Housing and Regeneration Bill

I am even more mystified as to why the power is required. The Minister confirmed the circumstances in which it could be used, but it is difficult to envisage them. How are developments connected now with the highways network without these powers? Well, it happens. Huge housing estates, new towns, eco-towns, new factories, power stations, bus stations and railway stations are not built without a connection to the highways network; they are all connected to the highways network without these powers. I do not understand why they are needed. I assume that they are legacy powers carried forward from previous Acts. How often have they been used within living memory? If the Minister cannot tell me now, perhaps somebody can write to me with the answer. The Bill is full of stuff carried forward from the past which does not represent the real world today. The Minister talked a lot about projects working in partnership with the local authority for regeneration, even those led by the local authority. If the local authority is working in partnership with the HCA and leading projects, it will not refuse to link them up to the road network. That is not the real world. I am utterly mystified and ask the Minister to let me know in due course how often the powers have been used. Meanwhile, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 21 agreed to. Clause 22 [Financial assistance]: