Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Richard Bacon and Julian Brazier

Monday 18th January 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Brazier]

I do not accept that. The Major Projects Authority report to which the hon. Lady referred is more than a year old, and the figure that she identified as the target—35,000 trained reservists—must be reached by April 2019. We are moving fast in that direction.

[Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk) (Con)]

23. Given that the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 is now on the statute book, does my hon. Friend consider that one way to recruit additional reserves —and, indeed, other members of the armed forces—would be to create a help to build scheme, so that service families find it easier to obtain a piece of land and build a house?

[Mr Brazier]

I will pass my hon. Friend’s ingenious idea to colleagues and we will look at it for him.