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Housing and Regeneration Bill

I, TOO, support the amendment. I hope that the Minister will speak positively about the principle if not literally every word of the amendment. I cross-reference what we are seeing in the Minister’s own department. John Healey as Minister for Local Government has called for powers for community calls for action, whereby the community is enabled to initiate change when it thinks that something is wrong. Hazel Blears, the Secretary of State, sees community empowerment as being a fundamentally important part of progressive politics. The amendment is four-square with that thrust of policy. Therefore, I hope that it will be given a warm welcome.