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Proposed Poole Bridge

I agree with everything the hon. Lady says, and she has, of course, been a major campaigner for this project both as a councillor and a Member of Parliament. She made a very important point just now. There is a shortage of development land in Poole. We have green belt on one side, and the only way we will meet some of our housing targets is by building on existing homes, which is very unpopular—it is very unpopular when we tear down homes and build again. It is vital that we use this brownfield site for development, therefore, rather than build on the green belt or on existing homes.