Inherited Social Housing Tenancies Debate
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Wayne David
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(10 years, 8 months ago)
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Esther McVey
My hon. Friend is correct; we have to look at those on housing waiting lists and those in overcrowded accommodation, not that the Opposition seem to care about those people. We have committed to £4.5 billion of spending to ensure that we have another 177,000 social homes by 2015.
Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab)
The Minister has accepted that because of the Government’s cock-up, local authorities are having to do a great deal of extra work, and she said that they will have more money. How much more money will they have?