Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

Part of Amendment of the Law – in the House of Commons at 6:14 pm on 26 March 2007.

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Photo of Emily Thornberry Emily Thornberry Labour, Islington South and Finsbury 6:14, 26 March 2007

It seems that the Liberal Democrat council cares more about investment bankers who want to live in luxury flats near the City than the needs of our own overcrowded families, who are in desperate need of rehousing in a decent manner. In the face of this terrible crisis, we were heartened to hear my hon. Friend the Economic Secretary, in a debate on the London economy in Westminster Hall on 20 March 2007, say:

"Building more social housing must be a priority for the spending review."—[ Hansard, Westminster Hall, 20 March 2007; Vol. 458, c. 232WH.]

The mobile phones of London Members started humming, expectations were raised and many of us sit and hold our breath—and we wait.