Oral Question·Department for Transport
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 25 May 2023Answered: 8 June 2023
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Transport
Answer from Hansard
Matthew Pennycook
The hon. Gentleman will know that housing is a devolved matter. When it comes to affordability, we are taking steps not only to boost housing supply significantly, as I have set out, but to ensure that more first-time buyers can get access, not least through the permanent mortgage guarantee scheme, on which the Chancellor will add more details in her Mansion House speech this week.