Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 17 March 2011
17 Mar 2011 · S3 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Scottish Executive Question Time
Affordable Housing
Health and Wellbeing
We have to look at the overall figure, which is extremely encouraging. In preparing my reply to the question I have been looking back at the total figures for the affordable housing investment programme, which show that in the first three years of this Administration we gave approval to 7,500 new units per year on average, compared with fewer than 6,000 new units per year under the Labour Party’s Administration.
It ill behoves Mary Mulligan to complain about any of that, given that she voted against the budget, including the money for housing, and given that at no time during the budget negotiations did the Labour Party put forward proposals for additional spending on housing. The only party other than the Scottish National Party to do that was the Conservative party.
It ill behoves Mary Mulligan to complain about any of that, given that she voted against the budget, including the money for housing, and given that at no time during the budget negotiations did the Labour Party put forward proposals for additional spending on housing. The only party other than the Scottish National Party to do that was the Conservative party.
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Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab)
Lab
16. To ask the Scottish Executive what progress there has been in providing affordable housing in 2010-11. (S3O-13358)
The Minister for Housing and Communities (Alex Neil)
SNP
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Mary Mulligan
Lab
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Alex Neil
SNP
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The Deputy Presiding Officer
Lab
Elizabeth Smith is not here for question 17.