Debate on Thursday, 20 October 2005, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Scott of Needham Market. The answering member was Baroness Andrews.

House-building Programme

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the environmental and social consequences of the Government's house-building programme. Motion withdrawn.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 674 c928-76
Session: 2005-06
Department: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Wilkins | 674 c932-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am going to concentrate on the social effects of the Government’s house-building program...; Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 674 c928-32 (Link to this contribution) rose to call attention to the environmental and social consequences of the Government’s house-buildi...; Lord Cameron of Dillington | 674 c945-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I too will touch on the subject of affordable rural housing. I have three points to make. ...; Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 674 c946-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I too express my gratitude to the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Needham Market, for this t...; Earl of Caithness | 674 c941-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, most of us have to be very grateful that the full weight of the Government’s policy on hou...; Baroness Maddock | 674 c943-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare my interests as a vice-president of the National Housing Federation, president o...; Lord Graham of Edmonton | 674 c939 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord has referred to the article by Simon Jenkins. I wonder whether he saw the r...; Lord Whitty | 674 c939-41 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that was precisely what I was referring to; I am absolutely at one with my noble friend. T...; Lord Cobbold | 674 c937-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Baroness for introducing this debate and for giving us an...; Lord Whitty | 674 c938-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the course of this debate I will raise a number of issues with the Minister about the d...; Lord Hanningfield | 674 c935-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, on securing this important and timely debat...; Lord Lucas | 674 c949-51 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for the chance of this debate. She ...; Lord Best | 674 c953-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare quite an important interest, as director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. I th...; Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 674 c951-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lady Scott of Needham Market on instigating a debate ...; Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 674 c976 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my sense that the House was overdue a debate on housing has been borne out, not just by th...; Baroness Andrews | 674 c970-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join all noble Lords who have spoken in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of...; Baroness Hanham | 674 c967-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, has done us a great favour by introducing this debate toda...; Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 674 c964-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lady Scott of Needham Market for the opportunity to discuss ...; Lord Graham of Edmonton | 674 c962-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I imagine that most of my colleagues in the House would say that everything that can be sa...; Baroness Greengross | 674 c960-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise to the House for the fact that, due to a last-minute change in a medical appoi...; Lord Sawyer | 674 c957-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I too should like to thank the noble Baroness for initiating this debate. It is a serious,...; Lord Bradshaw | 674 c956-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to deal with the Government’s failure to plan properly for the movement that is ass...
Subjects: Construction Council housing Environment protection Infrastructure Empty property Housing improvement Homelessness Green belt Low incomes Planning Prices Owner occupation Social rented housing Rented housing Rural areas Second homes Housing market First time buyers
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House-building Programme

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