There is a point to what the right hon. Gentleman says. It is partly about the distribution of who can buy the houses that come online, but it is also partly about supply. The Minister has confirmed that the 300,000 annual target remains Government policy. It remains an aspiration, yet the Government, by removing the enforceability of local housing targets, have made their job of boosting supply far harder, and they are not meeting the target as it stands.
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Matthew Pennycook
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 13 December 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.
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