Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Caroline Ansell and Lucy Frazer

Monday 9th January 2023 Commons Chamber

[Lucy Frazer]

The hon. Member raises a very important point about how we help people to buy homes and get on the housing ladder. We have an £11.5 billion fund to help build affordable homes. She also mentions social housing. Since 1980, through the right to buy scheme, 2 million social housing tenants now own their own home, and we continue to develop schemes to secure people’s home ownership.

[Caroline Ansell (Eastbourne) (Con)]

18. What steps he is taking to encourage developers to redevelop empty buildings in town centres.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Caroline Ansell and Lucy Frazer

Tuesday 2nd November 2021 Commons Chamber

[Caroline Ansell (Eastbourne) (Con)]

T7. I thank my right hon. Friend the Chancellor for £19.8 million from the levelling-up fund that will put Eastbourne on the map and really bill it as the gateway town to the South Downs national park. I also thank him for the investment that sits behind the kickstart scheme, which has so far delivered hundreds of new opportunities in my town. I promote the scheme everywhere I go, as I travel from north to south and east to west. Will the Minister join me in encouraging local businesses to step up ahead of the 17 December deadline to provide these golden opportunities for young people in my home town?

[The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Lucy Frazer)]

I know that my hon. Friend will have campaigned hard for the funds that have come through. We will continue to support people across the House and in her constituency to level up.