Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL]

I support the noble Baroness, because I think that we all hoped for a lot from the Sustainable Communities Act. It had all-party support, and I hoped that it would offer local government opportunities to do things rather differently or to think of new things. It would have been particularly appropriate to use it in this difficult time of recession. Like the noble Baroness, I would like the Minister to clarify exactly where we are with that legislation and with the Bill.