” The Economic Affairs Committee holds the final public evidence session of its inquiry into the economics of the UK housing market by taking evidence from Housing Minister, Brandon Lewis, and Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Damian Hinds.
Inquiry: The Economics of the UK Housing Market
Select Committee on Economic Affairs
Witnesses
Tuesday 22 March in Committee Room 1, Palace of Westminster
At 3.35pm
Mr Brandon Lewis MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Communities and Local Government
Mr Damian Hinds MP, Exchequer Secretary, HM Treasury
Possible Questions
The Committee questions the witnesses on a range of policy issues including:
The Government’s aspiration for a million new homes by the end of the Parliament and how this figure was decided on
Why the Government is confident there will be a sharp increase in private sector house building
Whether the Government’s housing policy focus should move from demand side measures to helping to increase the supply of housing
What the Government can do to support the building of new homes on public land
How the Government can support local authorities ‘huge ambition’ to get involved in housebuilding again
Why the Government has such a clear preference for home ownership over other tenures?
The Chancellor announced in the Budget that Government will take measures to speed up the planning system. The Ministers will be asked for further details on how this will be achieved.”
All previous sessions (this is the last one) are available on the site with full transcripts
East Devon Watch 
I’m really glad to hear this because I watched him give his statement to the Commons last night and he was trotting out the same discredited numbers and carrying on as if ‘affordability’ was an aspiration available to the many rather than next to none. He also, along with Steven Crabb, reiterated out the same discredited implications that Labour were responsible for the 2008/9 crash and that their deficit had nothing to do with that, or bailing out the banks etc. Disgusting basically.
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After his disgustingly (imho) pompous and dis-informative performance in the Commons last night, plus trotting out the same discredited meme about Labour being virtually responsible for the last crash and its aftermath, I hope he gets a deserved hauling over the caols.
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