Andrew Lewin

Andrew Lewin

Labour — Welwyn Hatfield

Speaking in the House of Commons on 13 November 2026

Debate

Homes and Planning Bill

Contribution

I am grateful for the hon. Member’s intervention. That is not my position at all. My position is that we need—[Interruption.] Let me answer. We need a national answer to the housing crisis, and I was setting the scene of why we are in the place we are today. I am about to reflect on what we need to do differently and what the Government have already done in their first two years in office. First, and most importantly, we have had a sustained and significant increase in Government funding for social housing via the affordable homes programme. A 10-year settlement of £39 billion was initially announced—a 60% increase on what went before—topped up by £1.5 billion announced just a couple of weeks ago in the Budget specifically for council housing. [Interruption.] No, I recognise that some Liberal Democrat Members are in agreement, but it is also the case that this is about big macroeconomic choices. This was a choice by the Government to spend more money on housing.

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