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Localism Bill

My Lords, will the noble Lord read again what the amendment of my noble friend Lord Whitty calls for? I, too, had not intended to speak, but need to react to what he has just said. Subsection (2) states: "““All local housing authorities must draw up an analysis of housing supply and demand””—" that is to say, need— "““in their areas and the neighbouring areas as far as is relevant””." Therefore, there is no need for us to specialise in any particular area in the way in which the noble Lord suggested, because the amendment demands that all of that should be looked at—what is needed and what the supply will be, taking into account further areas that the authorities need to look at before covering that.