Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 11 November 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Hugh Bayley. The answering member was Iain Wright.

Housing (Greater London)

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on housing provision in Greater London.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 482 c195-220WH
Session: 2007-08
Department: Department for Communities and Local Government
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Jeremy Corbyn | 482 c195-6WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome this debate and I acknowledge your point, Mr. Bayley, so we will finish in good time to al...; Speaker | 482 c195WH (Link to this contribution) May I remind hon. Members that last week Mr. Speaker made a statement saying that all hon. Members, ...; Jeremy Corbyn | 482 c200-2WH (Link to this contribution) I recall that during the days of rent control, the rate was often so low that there simply was not e...; Mark Field | 482 c199-200WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that a difficulty with rent controls—this goes back to the first world...; Jeremy Corbyn | 482 c199WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. We must deal with housing benefit with great care....; Jeremy Corbyn | 482 c197-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am completely with the hon. Gentleman on the future of Heathrow airport. I am opposed to the third...; Mark Field | 482 c198-9WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman; he makes an important point. Does he agree that part of th...; Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 482 c197WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome what the hon. Gentleman says. If I can catch your eye, Mr. Bayley, I hope to elaborate on ...; Speaker | 482 c203WH (Link to this contribution) I should like the wind-ups to begin at half-past 10. That leaves just under six minutes per person t...; Mark Field | 482 c202WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made a caricature both of the city of Westminster, which I shall defend in a ...; Jeremy Corbyn | 482 c202WH (Link to this contribution) This is work in progress, because we have not yet had the result, so far as I know, of any of the fa...; Robert Neill | 482 c202WH (Link to this contribution) I will interrupt the hon. Gentleman only briefly, because I know that other hon. Members want to spe...; Jeremy Corbyn | 482 c202-3WH (Link to this contribution) The 50 per cent. target was very desirable and I supported it, as I imagine many Members did. It was...; Karen Buck | 482 c209-10WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that part of the response to some of these problems has been to expect tho...; Andy Slaughter | 482 c208-9WH (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend the Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn) and other speakers have said, ther...; Lee Scott | 482 c203-5WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn) on securing the debate. In my sp...; Karen Buck | 482 c205-6WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn) on securing this impor...; Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 482 c206-8WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn) on securing this debate. It is a...; Andy Slaughter | 482 c210WH (Link to this contribution) As always, I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for her intervention. There are two points there: fi...; Mark Field | 482 c210-1WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much for your guidance, Mr. Bayley. I congratulate the hon. Member for Islington, No...; Speaker | 482 c210WH (Link to this contribution) It is only reasonable to give you six minutes, Mr. Field, but you will try our patience if you go on...; Robert Neill | 482 c214WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn) on securing this important debat...; Baroness Teather | 482 c212-4WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise for the state of my voice. I have a very bad cold, so I hope that you can hear me, Mr. B...; Andy Slaughter | 482 c214WH (Link to this contribution) That is all very well, but if a local authority says as official policy that there are too many soci...; Robert Neill | 482 c214WH (Link to this contribution) I suspect that a mayor might say that he will discuss it with that local authority in the same way t...; Robert Neill | 482 c214WH (Link to this contribution) Time is short, so I will take just one further intervention.; Karen Buck | 482 c214-5WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman. Is that not exactly the point? The more deprived boroughs are seeking a ...; Iain Wright | 482 c216-20WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Bayley. I think that I am the only non-London...; Robert Neill | 482 c215-6WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady forgets that the rigid application of the Mayor’s 50 per cent. target led, in many wel...; Speaker | 482 c220WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I invite colleagues to join me in observing the two-minute silence.
Subjects: Construction Council housing Housing Greater London Housing associations Prices Private rented housing Rented housing Housing market
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Housing (Greater London)

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