Eco-Town (Harborough)

Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 29 January 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Garnier. The answering member was Iain Wright.

Adjournment debate on the proposed eco-town development in the Harborough district.

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

471 c287-96

Session

2007-08

Department

Chamber / Committee

Proceeding contributions

Lord Garnier | 471 c287-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to Mr. Speaker for granting me this Adjournment debate. He knows that I have been atte...

David Leslie Taylor | 471 c289-90 (Link to this contribution) The hon. and learned Gentleman is making a powerful case. Does he agree that the anonymous officials...

Show all contributions (14)

Lord Garnier | 471 c289 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I do not think that I speak out of t...

Keith Vaz | 471 c289 (Link to this contribution) I strongly support what the hon. and learned Gentleman is saying. He feels that his constituents hav...

Alan Duncan | 471 c296 (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister guarantee to the House that any planning decisions will not override existing spati...

Iain Wright | 471 c296 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can. That is an important point. In addition to the Departments, Natural England and the Env...

Iain Wright | 471 c296 (Link to this contribution) I have an awful lot to cover, including important points about the planning framework, and I have on...

Lord Garnier | 471 c295 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way; I know that he is short of time. Would it not be bette...

Iain Wright | 471 c295;471 c295-6 (Link to this contribution) I shall come on to that by talking about the role of the planning system, because it is crucial. As ...

Iain Wright | 471 c294-5 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. I can confirm that the eco-town proposals will be subject to ...

Alan Duncan | 471 c294 (Link to this contribution) It would seem from what the Minister is saying that the eco-towns project is a way of developing a l...

Lord Garnier | 471 c290-3 (Link to this contribution) I am perfectly happy for there to be greater publicity about that issue, but it is the Minister and ...

Iain Wright | 471 c293-4 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. and learned Member for Harborough (Mr. Garnier) on securing the debate. I al...

Subjects

Conservation

Construction

Energy supply

Infrastructure

Land use

Planning

New towns

Population

Eco-towns

Harborough

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