My hon. Friend, like me, heard the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) say that TfL should be able to maximise the income from the sale of this land, but, as she pointed out, where land values are extremely high, that is likely to squeeze out affordable and social housing. TfL is a public body, however, and there is a shortage of public land on which to build social housing, which is why we need properly to scrutinise how this land is used, instead of selling it off to the highest bidder in every case.
Transport for London Bill [Lords]: Revival
Proceeding contribution from
Clive Efford
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 16 November 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Transport for London Bill [Lords]: Revival.
About this proceeding contribution
Reference
602 c463 Session
2015-16Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamberSubjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2015-11-17 14:54:01 +0000
URI
http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-11-16/15111640000022
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-11-16/15111640000022
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-11-16/15111640000022