ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT ON HOUSING

Early day motion 645, tabled 2 February 2005 by Matthew Green (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 104 members.

That this House welcomes and supports the House of Commmons' Environmental Audit Committee's report Housing: Building a Sustainable Future and its conclusions that the Government's plans to increase the rate of housebuilding in this country pay far too little attention to environmental considerations; shares the concerns expressed in this report about the environmental impact of an increased rate of housebuilding; supports the Committee's assertion that no proposals further to increase housing supply should be taken forward without strong supporting evidence and consideration over overarching environmental limits; further supports the Committee's proposals that the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister should maximise brownfield development and, where appropriate, housing densities; and calls on the Government to respond positively to the recommendations in the Committee's report.

Signatures by party: Conservative 37, Labour 32, Liberal Democrat 27, Labour/Co-operative 4, Independent 2, DUP 1, Plaid Cymru 1.