Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen Williams and Stephen Hepburn

Monday 10th November 2014 Commons Chamber

[Stephen Williams]

Some people may think that it beggars belief that a former Housing Minister can say that, given that in the 13 years for which his party was in office, with a rather different economic inheritance, the number of social and affordable homes fell by 420,000. This will be probably the first Government in my lifetime to leave more affordable homes in stock at the end of a five-year Parliament than there were before it.

[Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow) (Lab)]

13. What recent representations he has received on reform of council tax benefit; and if he will make a statement.