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Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour). It was answered on Tuesday, 10 May 2016.

Immigration: Public Services

Question

My Lords, the Minister has told us how wonderful the Government’s investment in public services is—apparently to meet all the concerns of the noble Lord, Lord Vinson. Could he then explain, for example, why there is a shortage of primary school places in London, why our health service in so many areas is in crisis and why

there is a problem with social care beds becoming unviable? Why is all that happening if the Government’s policies towards the public services have been so benign?

Answer

It takes time to recover from the experience that we had up until 2010, but major steps are being taken. The Government are committed to investing £7 billion in school places by 2021, to increasing NHS funding in England by £10 billion in real terms by 2020 and to investing £20 billion in housing in the next five years, including £8 billion in affordable housing.

Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
771 c1644 
Session
2015-16
Oral question type
Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Immigration controls Migrants Public sector
Link
View this Oral question on hansard.parliament.uk