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Debate between Grant Shapps and Peter Aldous
Grant Shapps
I have certainly been shaken out of any sense of complacency by that question, given that it came from a member of a party under whose government we saw house building crash to its lowest level since the 1920s. I can report to the House this afternoon that in the past year alone house building starts in England went up by 25% compared with those in 2009.
Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con)
9. What steps he is taking to promote the refurbishment of empty and vacant homes.