UK: Number of Households

Lord Paddick Excerpts

Monday 29th June 2015 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

There is no doubt that there is pressure on housing demand from all sorts of sources, including immigration. The point that I was trying to make is that we want skilled people to come here to fill some of the skills gaps, but we do not want people simply coming here to look for work without having secured a job.

[Lord Paddick (LD)]

My Lords, would it not be a far more positive approach to stop blaming immigration for the lack of housing and to start building more homes?

[Noble Lords]

Hear, hear!