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Housing and Regeneration Bill

I thank the Minister for her answer, and for her answer to the previous amendment. I will read them both carefully. I shall finish by saying that non-departmental public bodies operate most successfully when they have a high degree of independence within the terms of their Act of Parliament. The more that there is in the Bill that makes their position clear—and does so to everyone who deals with them—the better. The more there is an opportunity for the rules of the game to be changed in the middle of play, the less successful the body will be. [Amendment No. 97ZA had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List.] Clause 50 agreed to. Clause 51 [Abolition of Urban Regeneration Agency]: [Amendment No. 97ZB not moved.] Clause 51 agreed to. Clause 52 [Abolition of the Commission for the New Towns]: [Amendment No. 97ZC not moved.] Clause 52 agreed to. Schedule 5 [Amendments of the New Towns Act 1981]: