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 Motion withdrawn.

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 Motion withdrawn.

My Lords, I am going to concentrate on the social effects of the Government’s house-building programme. For millions of us, our housing determines what kind of lives we can lead. It determines whether we can get in and out of our homes, go to work or to the shops, whether...

My Lords, I am going to concentrate on the social effects of the Government’s house-building programme. For millions of us, our housing determines what kind of lives we can lead. It determines whether we can get in and out of our homes, go to work or to the shops, whether...

rose to call attention to the environmental and social consequences of the Government’s house-building programme; and to move for Papers. The noble Baroness said: My Lords, housing is one of the key issues facing the Government. I am delighted that we have such a long list of distinguished speakers to...

rose to call attention to the environmental and social consequences of the Government’s house-building programme; and to move for Papers. The noble Baroness said: My Lords, housing is one of the key issues facing the Government. I am delighted that we have such a long list of distinguished speakers to...

My Lords, I too will touch on the subject of affordable rural housing. I have three points to make. First, the social consequences of doing nothing about the rural housing crisis would be serious. We are beginning to create unbalanced communities. If you are rich, you live in the countryside;...

My Lords, I too will touch on the subject of affordable rural housing. I have three points to make. First, the social consequences of doing nothing about the rural housing crisis would be serious. We are beginning to create unbalanced communities. If you are rich, you live in the countryside;...

My Lords, I too express my gratitude to the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Needham Market, for this timely debate. I acknowledge, too, that housing now has a much higher priority on the political agenda than it had a few years ago. I am personally in favour of the growth...

My Lords, I too express my gratitude to the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Needham Market, for this timely debate. I acknowledge, too, that housing now has a much higher priority on the political agenda than it had a few years ago. I am personally in favour of the growth...

My Lords, most of us have to be very grateful that the full weight of the Government’s policy on housing affects only a limited, but nevertheless very important, sector of the total housing market. That policy is rightly focused on the desire to increase levels of home ownership by increasing...

My Lords, most of us have to be very grateful that the full weight of the Government’s policy on housing affects only a limited, but nevertheless very important, sector of the total housing market. That policy is rightly focused on the desire to increase levels of home ownership by increasing...

My Lords, I declare my interests as a vice-president of the National Housing Federation, president of the National Housing Forum and a vice-president of the National Home Improvement Council. It is eight years since I became a Member of this House, shortly after the new Labour Government came in. I...

My Lords, I declare my interests as a vice-president of the National Housing Federation, president of the National Housing Forum and a vice-president of the National Home Improvement Council. It is eight years since I became a Member of this House, shortly after the new Labour Government came in. I...

My Lords, the noble Lord has referred to the article by Simon Jenkins. I wonder whether he saw the reply by the Minister, Yvette Cooper, in the Guardian earlier this week, in which she not only gave a devastating reply, but she was also absolutely right.

My Lords, the noble Lord has referred to the article by Simon Jenkins. I wonder whether he saw the reply by the Minister, Yvette Cooper, in the Guardian earlier this week, in which she not only gave a devastating reply, but she was also absolutely right.

My Lords, that was precisely what I was referring to; I am absolutely at one with my noble friend. The second point that Yvette Cooper made was that not only are we building too few new-build houses and bringing too few new properties to the market, but it is also...

My Lords, that was precisely what I was referring to; I am absolutely at one with my noble friend. The second point that Yvette Cooper made was that not only are we building too few new-build houses and bringing too few new properties to the market, but it is also...

My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Baroness for introducing this debate and for giving us another opportunity to discuss this very important subject. I intend to focus my remarks this afternoon on the working of the green belt—a concept first established in 1955 and thus celebrating its 50th...

My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Baroness for introducing this debate and for giving us another opportunity to discuss this very important subject. I intend to focus my remarks this afternoon on the working of the green belt—a concept first established in 1955 and thus celebrating its 50th...

My Lords, in the course of this debate I will raise a number of issues with the Minister about the direction of Government policy in housing. Before I do that, I put on record the tremendous progress that has been made under this Government in relation particularly to the quality...

My Lords, in the course of this debate I will raise a number of issues with the Minister about the direction of Government policy in housing. Before I do that, I put on record the tremendous progress that has been made under this Government in relation particularly to the quality...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, on securing this important and timely debate. Although not neighbours in the political sense, we are most certainly neighbours in the geographical sense, originating from two fine counties with a shared border and much shared history. Indeed, the noble Baroness, in...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, on securing this important and timely debate. Although not neighbours in the political sense, we are most certainly neighbours in the geographical sense, originating from two fine counties with a shared border and much shared history. Indeed, the noble Baroness, in...

My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for the chance of this debate. She was my most excellent team leader when we faced Mr Paxman in the equivalent to ““University Challenge””. We did not do too well then. Perhaps we can do better today. I particularly...

My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for the chance of this debate. She was my most excellent team leader when we faced Mr Paxman in the equivalent to ““University Challenge””. We did not do too well then. Perhaps we can do better today. I particularly...

My Lords, I declare quite an important interest, as director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. I think noble Lords have alluded to six of our reports so far. Indeed, noble Lords have covered almost every one of the fine points I was going to make, not least the noble Lord,...

My Lords, I declare quite an important interest, as director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. I think noble Lords have alluded to six of our reports so far. Indeed, noble Lords have covered almost every one of the fine points I was going to make, not least the noble Lord,...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lady Scott of Needham Market on instigating a debate that has been fascinating so far and which I am sure will continue to be so. I want to address two particular issues: rural housing provision and how the Government are implementing policies...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lady Scott of Needham Market on instigating a debate that has been fascinating so far and which I am sure will continue to be so. I want to address two particular issues: rural housing provision and how the Government are implementing policies...

My Lords, my sense that the House was overdue a debate on housing has been borne out, not just by the number of speakers but by the quality of the contributions we have heard. I thank all noble Lords who have participated and I beg leave to withdraw the Motion....

My Lords, my sense that the House was overdue a debate on housing has been borne out, not just by the number of speakers but by the quality of the contributions we have heard. I thank all noble Lords who have participated and I beg leave to withdraw the Motion....

My Lords, I join all noble Lords who have spoken in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Needham Market, on securing the debate. It has been an astonishingly good debate. Speakers from all parts of the House have covered most of the aspects of housing that affect most people,...

My Lords, I join all noble Lords who have spoken in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Needham Market, on securing the debate. It has been an astonishingly good debate. Speakers from all parts of the House have covered most of the aspects of housing that affect most people,...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, has done us a great favour by introducing this debate today. On behalf of noble Lords on this side of the House, I thank her. I declare an interest as an elected member of a local authority. As time goes by it becomes...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, has done us a great favour by introducing this debate today. On behalf of noble Lords on this side of the House, I thank her. I declare an interest as an elected member of a local authority. As time goes by it becomes...

My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lady Scott of Needham Market for the opportunity to discuss these issues. The reason that this debate is important has been illustrated by the wide-ranging issues that have been covered by so many noble Lords. Of course, I thank all noble Lords...

My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lady Scott of Needham Market for the opportunity to discuss these issues. The reason that this debate is important has been illustrated by the wide-ranging issues that have been covered by so many noble Lords. Of course, I thank all noble Lords...