Housing Associations: Right to Buy Debate

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Housing Associations: Right to Buy

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Tuesday 9th June 2015

(9 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Spicer Portrait Lord Spicer (Con)
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My Lords—

Baroness Stowell of Beeston Portrait The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con)
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My noble friends are competing with each other. I do not think that we have heard from my noble friend Lord Spicer for a while.

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Lord Spicer Portrait Lord Spicer
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How many empty dwellings are there these days? When I was Minister for Housing, there used to be one million. Should not some of those be sold off, if appropriate?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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My Lords, we have significantly dealt with the issue of empty properties. I shall get my noble friend the exact figures on the number of empty properties that have been brought back into use, but I can confirm to him that it is significant.

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