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[email protected] 531 30 JANUARY 2012 532 the National Gallery, the Wolseley and the Cinnamon House of Commons Club. It may be of interest to know that Labour Ministers were not alone—the Audit Commission managed to go Monday 30 January 2012 to L’Escargot, Coq d’Argent and the Cinnamon Club, and its board members even went to an oyster bar to discuss corporate governance, and then lost the receipt. The House met at half-past Two o’clock Empty Properties PRAYERS 2. Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD): What plans he has to return empty homes to use. [92055] [MR SPEAKER in the Chair] 5. Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD): What plans Oral Answers to Questions he has to return empty homes to use. [92058] 6. Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con): What plans he has COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT to return empty homes to use. [92059] The Secretary of State was asked— TheParliamentaryUnder-Secretaryof StateforCommunities Public Spending and Local Government (Andrew Stunell): We have put in place powerful tools and incentives to support local 1. Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton) (Con): What steps communities to tackle empty homes.