Housing and Planning Bill

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Kennedy and Lord Beecham, for Amendments 38 and 39, and t...

The noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, challenged the Government’s figures on this question of affordabil...

I can, my Lords. We can all argue about statistics and, given that I have not seen the report, it...

In her earlier remarks, the Minister said that authorities could negotiate a higher discount on t...

Because the whole point of the starter home is that it will be available at a discounted level to...

That is very helpful, thank you. We used to hear from the Benches opposite about how local author...

I do not think that anything changes there. Nobody would promote any louder than I the view that ...

Will it be there next week?

I will try for next week and see what is in the art of the possible.

We have examined the a...

That is the figure being challenged.

That is the figure being challenged and we will return to it later but in the absence of seeing t...

Can I remind the Minister of my request to see a comparison of newly-built first-time purchases a...

I take it that the letters will be circulated to all Members taking part in the debate?

Absolutely, and they will be placed in the Library. I have the implied first-time price of new bu...

I am not saying that the current 20% Help to Buy support has not been helpful in the marketplace....

I thought that the noble Lord had said discounts, so I apologise if I misheard him. I think I nee...

In that case, why does the Minister think she needs a 20% discount on top of a 40% equity loan—wh...

My Lords, I think I have been over the arguments many times. As I say, this is a new product intr...

Would not such people still get the benefit of house price inflation, irrespective of the discoun...

My Lords, they would. But the principle behind the Government’s initiative is that within a few y...

My Lords, I am puzzled by what the Minister is saying. There are hundreds of thousands of young p...

My Lords, the noble Baroness asks who will benefit. Young people will benefit, and history shows ...

There is a critical point here, which has perhaps been missed. When a couple or an individual see...

My Lords, I think we are going to have to disagree on this. The noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours...

So people in this particular group who might be subject to deflation are again picked out to be t...

My Lords, this is all relative. When house prices come down, the next house up on the ladder will...

We all want people who work hard to move up the housing ladder, but the problem here is that this...

Can the Minister explain something? I think most of us would sympathise with trying to find the b...

My Lords, housing is an issue for government and there is a huge demand on housing in this countr...

I asked a Question this week about people on the living wage for whom homes are out of reach—peop...

I did not disagree with the noble Lord. I pointed out the various things that were available, suc...

There is Section 106.

There is Section 106, if it is viable for the scheme. There is £20 billion going into the housing...

But why?

For all the reasons I have outlined, because of the gap in the market. However, if people find it...

My Lords, could the Minister please explain who would be responsible for assessing market value?<...

My Lords, as I said this morning, we would expect an independent valuation to take place. That wo...

I ask the Minister to imagine a sale where a house is being sold on the second occasion. After th...

For “fixtures and fittings”.

The noble Lord makes an extremely valid point and I will ask about what the mechanism would be th...

My noble friend indeed makes a valid point. If people went on to do that, it would be fraudulent ...

I do not disagree. We would not want to introduce a system that was fraught with potential fraud....

But the easy way around that is that you pay £20,000 or £25,000 for the white goods and the carpe...

My Lords, I turn to Amendment 39A, which would enable Rent to Buy products to be considered as st...

Before the Minister sits down, I understand that Shelter will publish its data very shortly. I wa...

I can say to the noble Lord that we will certainly request that—he has been teasing us all aftern...

My Lords, I express the thanks of the House to the noble Baroness. She has had a long, difficult ...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

41: Clause 2, page 1, line 13, after “cap,” insert...

My Lords, when I first spoke today I should have drawn the House’s attention to my declared inter...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 42 in my name, which would exempt councils that wish to rege...

My Lords, I add my support to what I think is an excellent amendment from the noble Baroness, Lad...

My Lords, I add my voice to the support for Amendment 42 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady ...

My Lords, I also agree with the underlying force of the amendments. They do not apply only to lar...

My Lords, I remind the House of my interest of chairing a company which tries to help people to d...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Kennedy, Lord Beecham and Lord Kerslake, and the noble Ba...

I apologise for intervening again, but there is a critical point to be made here. When you consid...

I take the noble Lord’s point that the requirement to deliver starter homes might affect the viab...

I just hope that my noble friend will remember that it is not just the green belt that I wish to ...

Yes, I understand my noble friend’s point. Under our proposals in the NPPF national planning poli...

On that point, the idea for this policy was originally to build on brownfield sites and get them ...

I am in total agreement with the noble Lord and with my noble friend. One thing we are testing is...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate—the noble Baroness, Lady D...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

42A: Clause 2, page 2, line 4, leave out “has ...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

44A: Clause 2, page 2, line 16, after “regulat...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

45A: Clause 2, page 2, line 21, at end insert—...

Moved by

Lord Cameron of Dillington

50A: Clause 4, page 3, line 16, at end insert—