James Paice (Cambridgeshire South East, Conservative) wondered if members of the Labour Party were not contesting local council seats they currently hold in his constituency because of Mr Prescott's planning decisions to build on greenbelt land.

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Professor Chilvers said the situation was the same across much of South East England with hospitals in Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, Hertfordshire and Suffolk.

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Wokingham, East Cambridgeshire, Brentwood, St Albans, Maidstone, South Cambridgeshire and Epsom and Ewell were all among the top 10 in the 2011 Quality of Life Survey.

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