Member

The noble Baroness rightly pointed to the £70 billion we currently spend on housing benefits in this country. I have already set out the broader action that the Government have taken to increase supply. My right honourable friend, who is now the Defence Secretary, ran an outstanding campaign on turning benefits to bricks, which I fully support, and the Government are continuing our work to go down that route as quickly as possible. On that basis, I ask the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, not to press her amendment.