Immigration: Housing Debate

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Department: Wales Office

Immigration: Housing

Baroness Sharples Excerpts
Thursday 19th January 2017

(7 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Portrait Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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My Lords, if I may try to address the joint question asked by the noble Lords, Lord Pearson and Lord Foulkes, it is certainly the case that across broad sections of public life, certainly including the NHS, we are heavily dependent on people from the immigrant communities. There is no doubt about that. Net migration will probably fall as a result of Brexit, but it will be some time before that happens. Still, we face all sorts of challenges in seeking to address that.

Baroness Sharples Portrait Baroness Sharples (Con)
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Will there be enough allotments available for those who want them?

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Portrait Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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My Lords, no Question Time is complete without a question on allotments. I know my noble friend feels very strongly about this. Unfortunately, I am blindsided on the particular impact of this issue on allotments, but I will ensure that she has a detailed response and I shall copy it to the Library.