Management of the Economy and Ministerial Severance Payments Debate

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Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Management of the Economy and Ministerial Severance Payments

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster Excerpts
Tuesday 15th November 2022

(1 year, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Anthony Browne Portrait Anthony Browne
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Just for clarification on the data—I will provide all that to you afterwards—as I said, home ownership rates went up through most of the 20th century. They reached a peak, you are right, under the last Labour Government, and they started falling—

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster Portrait Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Rosie Winterton)
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Order. I remind the hon. Gentleman that it is not me who has been doing that. The hon. Member knows that he needs to address “the hon. Lady”.

Anthony Browne Portrait Anthony Browne
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Home ownership rates peaked under the last Labour Government but then fell under that Government, and they are now going back up.