Land banking is a real problem. It is not just developers who are sitting on land, but middlemen, promoters and agents. The Conservative Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, recognised land banking as “pernicious”, and the Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford (Nick Boles), also recognised that before he was given his job as Planning Minister.
Housing Supply
Proceeding contribution from
Emma Reynolds
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 July 2014.
It occurred during Opposition day on Housing Supply.
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Session
2014-15
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