3. 3. Statement: The Programme for Government — ‘Taking Wales Forward’

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:35 pm on 20 September 2016.

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Photo of David Melding David Melding Conservative 3:35, 20 September 2016

Thank you, Presiding Officer, for your indulgence. Can I welcome the commitment to deliver an extra 20,000 affordable homes, First Minister? By my calculation—and I would like you to confirm this—that means that you are raising the target for the next five years for the housing market to produce not 8,000 homes a year, but now 12,000 homes a year. I do hope you can confirm that, but I do point out that the current level of house building is actually falling in Wales, and we’re unlikely to build even 8,000 homes this year.