The government has pushed back on a call for it to require developers benefitting from public funds to use modern methods of construction (MMC).

In a report published earlier this year, the housing select committee set out 21 recommendations for government to help boost use of MMC.

The cross-party select committee, which is headed by Labour’s Clive Betts, said government should consider forcing housebuilders who benefit from public funds – including from the £12bn Help to Buy scheme – to incorporate the use MMC techniques.