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Wed 8th Jan 2014

Housing

Debate between Hilary Benn and David Hamilton
Wednesday 8th January 2014

(10 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Hilary Benn Portrait Hilary Benn
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In Scotland and elsewhere local authorities have responsibility for building houses, but we are here to hold this Government to account, and homelessness—

David Hamilton Portrait Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian) (Lab)
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Will my right hon. Friend give way?

Hilary Benn Portrait Hilary Benn
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Yes, of course.

David Hamilton Portrait Mr Hamilton
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I would like to respond to the previous intervention and correct the record. Labour Midlothian council was building 1,000 council houses at that time, in what is the second smallest land-locked authority area, so the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart) was talking absolute rubbish.

Hilary Benn Portrait Hilary Benn
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I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for putting the record straight. Perhaps I should have trusted my initial judgment and not given way to the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart).