Member

We had the benefit of the Minister telling us about the impact assessment, and she reiterated the point that the net result is that, instead of a loss of 26,000 homes, there was going to be a gain of 18,000. I would just caution the Committee to remember that what we are talking about there is a loss on the one hand and a gain on the other, to the public housing stock. The 18,000 gain is a gain in the size of the public housing stock: the council house stock.