Housing and Planning Bill

Debate between Tim Farron and Oliver Colvile

Tuesday 5th January 2016 Commons Chamber

[Oliver Colvile]

rose—

[Tim Farron]

I would like to move on for other people’s sake, but I am happy to give way.

[Oliver Colvile]

Surely this is about making sure that we fulfil aspiration, because what a large number of people actually want to do is to own their own homes.

[Tim Farron]

Indeed, and I have a great aspiration for the 1.6 million people in this country who are rotting on a social housing waiting list, and that number will grow larger as the years go on. I want to bring down house prices so that they are affordable to people, but this is a displacement proposal that will help better-off private renters and will not help a much larger number of people who are in a much worse situation.