Housing

Debate between Lord Horam and Lord Griffiths of Burry Port

Thursday 3rd November 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Griffiths of Burry Port]

My Lords, I add my word of gratitude to the Minister and to all those who have taken part. It has been a very enlightened and, I think, non-partisan debate on an issue that we all recognise as very important. It needs a degree of urgency, which perhaps has not been commanded up till now. I thank all those who have spoken. I am glad that my speech, being not quite a sermon, triggered a response from the noble Lord, Lord Horam. I am very pleased to have received his words and I thank him for them.

[Lord Horam]

I think we are all glad that, at least in the House of Lords, the Labour Party still owes more to Methodism than to Marx.

[Lord Griffiths of Burry Port]

Perhaps the noble Lord will add to that and let me have it in writing. I repeat that I am most grateful. As I conclude, I just want to remind noble Lords that it is a great privilege of the life that I live that I have the ear of untold numbers of young people from a variety of ethnic and social backgrounds. In presenting my remarks, I have sought to articulate the point of view that they have helped me to formulate, and I hope that will add a degree of urgency to the way that we look at this issue.