Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen Hammond and Lord Barwell

Monday 24th April 2017 Commons Chamber

[Gavin Barwell]

People can look back at the record of the last Labour Government—how many council homes were built between 1997 and 2010? What level of house building did we inherit from the Labour Government in 2010? The truth is that house building in this country has been increasing under this Government. Certainly, there is still further to go, but we are the party that is committed to building more homes for people to buy, more homes for people to rent privately and more affordable homes for people to rent. If we want a solution to the housing crisis, this is the party that is offering it.

[Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con)]

10. What discussions he has had with the housing association sector on rent-setting policy post-2020 since the publication of “Fixing our broken housing market” on 7 February 2017.