Housing: Office Conversions Debate

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Lord Hamilton of Epsom

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Housing: Office Conversions

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Wednesday 2nd December 2015

(8 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Hamilton of Epsom Portrait Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con)
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My Lords, to put the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Goddard, in perspective, it is important that we know what is happening to demand for office spaces. I understood that with more people working from home, the demand for office spaces was waning somewhat.

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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My noble friend makes a very good point. My answer to the noble Lord’s first question is that it varies a lot across the country. In the north-west, where both I and the noble Lord live, there is a demand to build housing within town centres in an attempt to revitalise them. However, there is also a demand for housing nationwide; where that situation is distorted and reversed and office space is being lost, an Article 4 direction can be made.