Housing: New Developments Debate
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Lord McFall of Alcluith
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Housing: New Developments
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Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
My noble friend is absolutely right that we need homes of all types and tenures. Our reforms will give communities a greater voice from the start of the planning process. The reforms will make planning more straightforward and accessible and make it easier for people to influence local plans and have a say on locations, standards and types of development. The Government are of course committed to home ownership; the First Homes scheme allows a discount of up to 30% of full market value and, of course, there is the £11.5 billion affordable homes programme that will allow for the decent family homes that my noble friend sees as so critical.
The Lord Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith)
My Lords, all supplementary questions have been asked, so we will move the next Question.