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Justin Tomlinson Excerpts
Monday 24th October 2016

(7 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Barwell Portrait Gavin Barwell
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Both the Secretary of State and I have made it very clear that we need more homes of every single kind in this country—more homes for people to buy on the market, more affordable homes for rent, and more shared ownership. I hope that the hon. Lady will therefore welcome the Government’s starter homes policy to ensure that developers provide starter homes for first-time buyers when they build out schemes.

Justin Tomlinson Portrait Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon) (Con)
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In Swindon, we have cross-party support for our local plan, and by working with developers in advance of the submission stage of planning, we are delivering the popular Tadpole Farm development. Will the Minister agree to visit Tadpole Farm to see what best practice we can share to deliver much needed new homes?