Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Debate
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Stuart Andrew
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Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab)
There are nearly 200,000 fewer council housing properties today than there were in 2010. How have a Government who are committed to levelling up allowed that to happen?
Stuart Andrew
Because we have given people the opportunity to become home owners for the first time in a generation. I am proud of the fact that we have done that, but my right hon. Friend and I are determined that we will do all we can with our £12 billion affordable homes programme to create more homes in constituencies such as that of the hon. Gentleman.
[Official Report, 27 June 2022, Vol. 717, c. 11.]
Letter of correction from the Minister for Housing, the right hon. Member for Pudsey (Stuart Andrew):
An error has been identified in my response.
The correct response should have been:
Stuart Andrew
Because we have given people the opportunity to become home owners for the first time in a generation. I am proud of the fact that we have done that, but my right hon. Friend and I are determined that we will do all we can with our £11.5 billion affordable homes programme to create more homes in constituencies such as that of the hon. Gentleman.