Coastal Communities: Government Support Debate
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Jayne Kirkham
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Coastal Communities: Government Support
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Neil Duncan-Jordan
Yes; I agree with my hon. Friend’s point and I will develop it further.
Like my hon. Friend’s constituency, towns such as Poole are desperate for good quality, affordable and secure housing—I would argue council housing—for local families, rather than the developer-led luxury waterside apartments that have sprung up.
Jayne Kirkham (Truro and Falmouth) (Lab/Co-op)
Again, that sounds similar to Cornwall. Does my hon. Friend agree that speeding up a registration scheme for holiday lets would help to deal with all the second homes and holiday lets proliferating around our towns? Maybe if we had that, we could move towards more affordable housing.
Neil Duncan-Jordan
My hon. Friend is right. There are some areas of Poole where no one lives; they are all holiday lets, second homes and so on.