Rural White Paper

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:31 pm on 17 October 1995.

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Photo of Mr Mark Wolfson Mr Mark Wolfson , Sevenoaks 3:31, 17 October 1995

I welcome the White Paper as a whole, but I wish particularly to emphasise my welcome to its emphasis on affordable housing. That is very important in areas such as mine, where we support a green belt which needs some exceptions. When my right hon. Friend is developing his policy in that area, will he pay attention to a matter of particular concern to me? The effect of pushing rents up to a market level has been that many people living in some form of public housing are on benefit of one kind or another. That is not very healthy from the point of view of families, and I would be interested in my right hon. Friend's views.