§ 26. Mr. WinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what recent representations he has received over the shortage of affordable rented accommodation.
§ Mr. BaldryI receive such representations fairly frequently. There are local shortages of rented housing in some parts of the country, and the Government have a major public expenditure programme, amounting to nearly £8 billion this year, to build new social housing, renovate existing housing, and help council tenants on low incomes to afford their rents.