Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Mark Prisk and Richard Graham
Mr Prisk
I accept that the sad loss of 421,000 social homes under the last Labour Government has created, to use the words of the hon. Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Jack Dromey), a deep-seated housing crisis. However, the picture on rents is more mixed than the hon. Lady suggests. In some areas, rents have risen, but the overall evidence suggests that over the past 12 months they have been static.
Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con)
9. What steps he has taken to enable social housing managers to provide new housing.