Housing: New Homes Target

Debate between Lord Gascoigne and Baroness Seccombe

Wednesday 17th January 2024 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Seccombe (Con)]

My Lords, there was a time when the housing division was not under stress. Does my noble friend agree with me that, if we had 750,000 extra people coming here last year, the stress will be much greater?

[Lord Gascoigne (Con)]

My noble friend raises a valid point about the need to tackle migration and its possible impact on housing and other local services. It is obviously right to say that we can be incredibly proud of being a welcoming country, especially over the last few years, but that is why we have to put in steps to tackle both legal and illegal migration, because we know the pressures that high migration has on housing.