Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Lord Cryer Excerpts
Tuesday 17th January 2017

(7 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Simon Kirby Portrait Simon Kirby
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I agree. The PMI surveys show significant resilience in the UK economy since the referendum. The Prime Minister recently made it clear that we will make a success of leaving the EU.

Lord Cryer Portrait John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)
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Given the Chief Secretary’s earlier comments about attempts to stimulate house building, can he guarantee that at the end of this Parliament the supply of rented homes will be larger than it was at the beginning?

David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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We are likely to build more affordable homes in this Parliament than have been built since the 1970s.