Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Grant Shapps and Grahame Morris

Monday 30th January 2012 Commons Chamber

[Grant Shapps]

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. He will be aware that we are looking at making changes to the use class orders, through the national planning policy framework, to allow for greater flexibility. We have a good opportunity to allow some commercial properties to be more easily converted to homes, and I hope that will help with the ever-present pressures on housing in this country.

[Grahame M. Morris (Easington) (Lab)]

8. What assessment he has made of the potential effects on lower-income households of his planned localisation of and changes to council tax benefit.