Oral Answers to Questions

Ben Goldsborough Excerpts

Monday 7th April 2025 Commons Chamber

[Peter Swallow (Bracknell) (Lab)]

1. What steps she is taking to build new towns.

[Ben Goldsborough (South Norfolk) (Lab)]

6. What recent progress she has made on the new towns programme.

[The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Angela Rayner)]

Our vision for the next generation of new towns is setting the stage for a house building revolution in the years to come. These will be well-connected, attractive places with all the infrastructure and services needed to sustain thriving communities, including public transport, GP surgeries and schools.

[Angela Rayner]

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. There is a lot to admire from the past, including in new towns such as Bracknell. We are learning the lessons from the past for our next generation of new towns, to ensure that they are well connected, well designed, sustainable and attractive places, where people want to live, and it is important that they have the infrastructure, amenities and services that they need to thrive.

[Ben Goldsborough]

The housing crisis is an issue in not just our city centres but our rural communities. A new town would be excellent for our area of South Norfolk. It would help tackle our local housing crisis and ensure that we could deliver affordable housing for local people, where they need it.