Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mick Whitley and Kemi Badenoch

Monday 16th May 2022 Commons Chamber

[Kemi Badenoch]

I am afraid that is not a statement that we accept. I looked at the Bloomberg figures, and I noticed that Bloomberg was using a 2019 baseline, when the whole purpose of levelling up is to ensure that we solve the problems identified. I would like the hon. Lady to look at the metrics that we have included in the “Levelling Up the United Kingdom” White Paper, and at the missions in it; it is through those that we will level up across the country.

[Mick Whitley (Birkenhead) (Lab)]

9. What steps he plans to take to extend right-to-buy schemes to housing associations.