A question on #NewTowns tabled by Lord Porter of Spalding on 09-06-2025 has been answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage.

Heading: New Towns
Question ID: 1810488
UIN: HL8268
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-06-09
Asking Member ID: 4555
Asking Member display name: Lord Porter of Spalding
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Lord Porter of Spalding
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government whether homes built as part of their new towns programme will count towards councils' overall housing targets in terms of the target of delivering 1.5 million new homes over this Parliament.
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Date answered: 2025-06-24
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4956
Answering Member display name: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Answering Member handle: SharonStevenage
Answering Member Twitter reference: @SharonStevenage
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Answer text: I refer the Noble Lord to the answer given to Question UIN 16954.
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true