Immigration: Housing

Baroness Altmann Excerpts

Thursday 19th January 2017 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Altmann (Con)]

My Lords, my noble friend is right: there is a housing shortage, whether we focus on immigrants or first-time buyers. Can he assure the House that, in a new housebuilding programme, attention will be paid to last-time buyers as well as other groups in our ageing population?

[Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth]

My noble friend is absolutely right to address that issue and speaks with great experience. She may not be aware that in the Neighbourhood Planning Bill we intend to bring forward amendments to deal with that housing issue in local plans.