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Localism Bill

To take the Stevenage situation again as an example—there will be others—one authority may say, ““We are not going to have housing in our borough to accommodate you””. There are two distinct points of view, and there is no real sanction. If a plan does not get approved, that suits the authority that wants to keep the status quo. Therefore, there is no recourse for the Stevenages of this world in that situation. Is that not the problem? There will be no co-operation and no plan, and there will be no solution to the problems that one of the authorities might have.