Social Housing

Part of Office of the Deputy Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 14 May 2003.

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Photo of David Davis David Davis Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice 11:30, 14 May 2003

The Deputy Prime Minister has claimed in the past that abuses of the right-to-buy scheme reduce the availability of social housing for new tenants. On Monday, the Government introduced their plans for savage cuts in the discounts available to right-to-buy tenants. Are those cuts designed to stamp out abuses, or simply to deny the right to buy to thousands of poorer tenants?