1 Lord Kakkar debates involving the Wales Office

Housebuilding: Target

Lord Kakkar Excerpts
Thursday 20th December 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Kakkar Portrait Lord Kakkar (CB)
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My Lords, I declare my interest as a member of your Lordships’ Science and Technology Committee. In a recent report on off-site construction, the committee concluded that a presumption in favour of off-site construction, particularly where the Government have an opportunity to play a role in the procurement of housing, would help to achieve this target of 300,000 new homes a year. Do Her Majesty’s Government support that position?

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Portrait Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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My Lords, I very much agree with the noble Lord about the importance of off-site construction. We are very much looking at encouraging that and giving it a boost in garden communities. The noble Lord will be aware of the growth in the market for modern methods of construction. We have a lot of domestic producers, which is a double win. It encourages not just more houses to be built, and fairly quickly, but also British jobs, so I very much agree with his sentiment.