Housebuilding

Lord Campbell-Savours Excerpts
Wednesday 7th June 2023

(11 months, 1 week ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Campbell-Savours Portrait Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab) [V]
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My Lords, could not a land commission be established to research what the impact would be of building on land acquired at agricultural prices, as proposed by Lisa Nandy, and sold for housing of a new form of ownership title, as I proposed in previous debates in the House? Only by that means can we guarantee the target of the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, thereby providing affordable housing to a new generation of young people who, without inherited wealth, may never be home owners.

Baroness Scott of Bybrook Portrait Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
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The Government need to look at all opportunities for housebuilding but we have to look at brownfield land first, before agricultural land.