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Oral Answers to Questions

Alan Brown Excerpts
Monday 18th July 2016

(8 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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We have no plans to change the tiering of authorities. My hon. Friend has my commitment that I will take that very seriously.

Alan Brown Portrait Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
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T3. My local authority measures the delivery of new social housing by issue of completion certificates. The Secretary of State’s Department does it by site starts. Given that it is impossible for a site start to equate to a physical replacement, does the Secretary of State agree that the like-for-like replacement statistics to date are one big con?