Lord Young of Cookham (Con)

My Lords, I will intervene briefly on this group and follow up what my noble friend Lord Harper said on Amendment 316, which specifically refers to separate companies under GBR employing staff. On pri

My Lords, of the 560,000 homes in the mayor’s plan, 340,000 are designated as affordable, but he has got the resources for only 50,000, as a result of which he is asking the Government for a lot more

My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths, with his very moving personal story of the impact that homelessness had on him as a child. It is worth placing on record that

My Lords, I intervene briefly to speak to my noble friend’s Amendment 63A, on innovation and new technology. This country has had a fine tradition of both innovation and technology in the railways, ri

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her reply, but only Ministers believe that the 1.5 million target is achievable; even the National Audit Office said that the chances are slim. The Prime Mi

To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in reaching their target of building 1.5 million homes in this Parliament.