That is an interesting answer and I am grateful for it. May I suggest that we find a way of discussing this and thinking about it further, because if we think about the practicalities of buying houses, the answer that has just been given has all kinds of implications?
Housing and Planning Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Greaves
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 3 March 2016.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Housing and Planning Bill.
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