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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:59 am on 10 April 2014.

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Photo of Andrew Lansley Andrew Lansley The Leader of the House of Commons 10:59, 10 April 2014

That matter came up a number of times in the Budget debate. An important point in that debate was that this Government are putting more and more effective resources into measures such as the Help to Buy scheme and the efforts of housing associations to lend to support additional house building. House building in this country hit a low under the last Government in the wake of the collapse in 2008 and in the midst of the Labour recession. We have built up the number of starts. If the hon. Gentleman would like to take a detour on his way to Huddersfield, he could see houses being built all over South Cambridgeshire.