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Housing Benefit (Under-occupancy Penalty)

Debate between Steve Webb and David T C Davies
Wednesday 27th February 2013

(11 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Steve Webb Portrait Steve Webb
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The right hon. Gentleman is very knowledgeable about housing, so he will know that the period of the last Labour Government was not a good one for the building of affordable homes. That is part of the reason for the problems we have now.

David T C Davies Portrait David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)
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Does the Minister agree that nobody on the Government Benches takes any pleasure whatever from these changes, which have been forced on us by the actions of the Opposition who left us with a £1 trillion debt and a £160 billion deficit?

Steve Webb Portrait Steve Webb
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My hon. Friend is quite right. These are Labour cuts because of Labour’s deficit.

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