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Clive Efford

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Clive Efford Excerpts
Monday 16th January 2017

(7 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Barwell Portrait Gavin Barwell
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My hon. Friend has raised this issue with me outside the Chamber, and I will make sure that both he and the council have the information. The scheme has not yet gone through the planning systems; there will be every opportunity to address concerns.

Clive Efford Portrait Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab)
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In 2009-10, there were 40,000 building starts for social rented homes. Last year that was down to 1,000. Why is that?

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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The number of socially rented homes declined by 421,000 during Labour’s time in office. Since the change of Government in 2010, we have invested billions in socially rented homes, including the additional £1.4 billion that was announced in the autumn statement.