Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What recent estimate she has made of the number of payments made to farmers by the Rural Payments Agency.”
Tabled: 20 December 2022Answered: 12 January 2023
Asked by
Cat Smith
Labour — Lancaster and Wyre
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Matthew Pennycook
I agree with my hon. Friend. Last year, as the housing emergency took hold, the SNP Government cut £200 million from the affordable housing budget. It was only as a result of Labour’s record budget settlement that they were forced to reverse those cuts, but they are still not showing the adequate ambition that we need. The SNP Government must set out a real plan to reform planning and boost house building to meet their affordable housing targets.