New Housing Supply

I thank the Minister for that and we look forward with anticipation to reading what he has to say...

Has the hon. Gentleman given any thought to the problem in the planning system of land banking, w...

The hon. Gentleman helpfully anticipates my next point.

The Committee concentrated on fundi...

The hon. Gentleman is being most generous in giving way. Does he agree that when developers have ...

That is not something the Select Committee looked at. I will pass it over to the Treasury Committ...

The hon. Gentleman refers to the scheme in Greater Manchester, but does he agree that there is gr...

Absolutely, and I was going to welcome the Government’s consultation on relaxing restrictions on ...

On speaking to builders in my constituency, it is clear that small-scale construction is supporte...

Yes, and as well as individuals, some potential larger housing providers, which are going to talk...

My hon. Friend makes an interesting point about the guarantee, but is not the most extraordinary ...

I am sure that the Minister will have a response on when the guarantee will get the shovels diggi...

rose—

Of course, I will give way to an ex-member of the Select Committee.

Will the hon. Gentleman develop some thoughts on how the enormous social housing assets on the bo...

On the second point, I can see the problems. I do not think that we went into that issue in detai...

Is my hon. Friend aware that in lifting a cap, local authorities could deliver 600,000 new homes ...

I would be more supportive of the 600,000 figure, but we probably cannot deliver that with the mo...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. He is being very generous with his time. In a discussion on ...

There is a problem when market housing is not being built. It is because of the over-reliance on ...

I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will agree that for some time local authorities have had the po...

That is absolutely right. I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman. As we know, many local auth...

I have the unenviable task of following the eloquence of the Chairman of the Select Committee, th...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful point. Does he agree that a key issue is not that lenders do ...

That is indeed the case; my hon. Friend will forgive me if I come to that in a moment.

Seve...

They are keen on recycling.

Indeed.

The coalition has rightly taken a localised approach that incentivises housing poli...

My hon. Friend is making a polished contribution, but does he agree that the big hole in the repo...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that making point. I chaired a conference in Winchester only ...

Let me begin by drawing attention to my interest as declared in the Register of Members’ Financia...

I am wondering whether the right hon. Gentleman might reflect a little more on those remarks. The...

The hon. Gentleman makes a perfectly fair point, but I put it to him that confidence is the cruci...

I ought to point out that I actually spoke against that particular application, although I have n...

I will not prolong this exchange, because we have already discussed the matter at length and I wi...

May I remind the right hon. Gentleman that it was the Liberal Democrat administration who introdu...

I am interested by the agreement between the coalition partners but it reinforces my point about ...

The right hon. Gentleman referred earlier to the regional spatial strategies. Does he consider th...

When the regional spatial strategies were in place, the housing output was substantially higher t...

May I remind the right hon. Gentleman that the very rules that he is deriding are the ones that a...

I am afraid the right hon. Gentleman is wrong. Can he tell me whether elderly people are exempt f...

The right hon. Gentleman and I had an exchange on this at the Chartered Institute of Housing even...

As I said to the hon. Member for Meon Valley, let us look at that in a year’s time, when we will ...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Mr Raynsford), whom ...

I doubt whether anybody in this Chamber thinks that the principle of someone being able to buy th...

The properties have been sold and that provides for a mix of tenure among that housing. I do not ...

I will leave it to the hon. Gentleman to resolve for himself the moral certainty with which he bl...

I accept that that is a concern. Indeed, the issue arose in the Select Committee’s report on the ...

rose—

Order. Three Members wish to catch my eye and the winding-up speeches will start at half-past 6. ...

I will certainly do that, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I apologise to the Minister if, given that we ar...

Many young professional people live in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency. In fact, the first flat...

The Conservative party is always levelling down, rather than levelling up. The introduction of a ...

This has been a comprehensive debate, with great expertise from all parts of the House. I join ot...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins). I did not a...

Does my hon. Friend share my concern about the scale of the buy-to-let market in ex-social housin...

I totally agree with my hon. Friend, and our hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith (Mr Slaughter...

I am listening with interest to what the hon. Lady says about finding new ways to parcel up land....

One of the recommendations in the Select Committee’s report is that the opportunities for self-bu...

The Select Committee’s report was produced on an all-party basis, under the admirable chairmanshi...

It is a great pleasure, as ever, to follow the hon. Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Jack Dromey...

Will the Minister give way?

I will, but very briefly.

I will be brief, because the Minister need give only a one-word answer. Is he prepared to look ag...

The hon. Gentleman knows part of the answer, because that is the same problem his Government face...