Martin Tett, housing spokesman at the Local Government Association, said:

The assembly is still stuck in the EU referendum campaign, the Welsh Conservative leader claims.

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Green MP Caroline Lucas says that in Brighton and Hove there are 26,000 people on the housing waiting list.

Why won't the secretary of state lift the borrowing cap so councils can build more homes? she asks.

Sajid Javid replies that the government gave local councils more borrowing powers two years ago.

He adds that there is still £300m of "headroom".

It looks like Surrey County Council is now considering a 5% council tax rise rather than the 15% which would have meant holding a referendum.

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Rhian Kelly, infrastructure director of the CBI business group, said: 

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Labour's Barry Sheerman argues that if there were brownfield sites fit to use they would have been built on already. 

He urges the government to have the courage to build on greenfield sites.

Sajid Javid does not agree arguing that Madrid is a "beautiful, well-designed city" despite having four times the density of London.

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Conservative Sir Desmond Swayne argues that it is not in the interests of builders to increase housing supply.

He suggests that the answer could be too empower the public sector.

Sajid Javid says the public sector has an important role to play.

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Tory MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown says John Bercow should reflect "on how long he wishes to go on" amid the current row over Donald Trump's state visit.

He says Mr Bercow has been a very good Speaker but notes that some time ago the Speaker said he intended to serve nine years 

He tells Radio 4's World at One that it is perhaps now time for Mr Bercow - who was elected to the role in 2009 - to decide whether he wanted to continue until the next election, expected in 2020.

He says it is unlikely that there will be a vote of no confidence in the Speaker and that Mr Bercow should decide his future at a time of his own choosing. 

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Labour's Fiona Mactaggart says that property prices in her constituency of Slough have risen by 39% in the last two years.

She says Slough is "built up to its boundaries" but is surrounded by Conservative councils who "won't provide homes in their areas".

Sajid Javid replies that the government wants to use non-green belt land more efficiently.

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Lib Dem leader Tim Farron describes the white paper as "unambitious and disappointing".

He notes that the paper refers to an average family income as £80,000.

What planet is he living on? he asks. He says that in his constituency it is £26,000.

He argues that more council homes are needed and urges the government to lift the borrowing cap on councils so they can borrow again.

Sajid Javid replies that increasing supply is the only way to tackle affordability.

Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael claims Jeremy Corbyn's decision to order his MPs to vote in favour of the Brexit bill triggering Article 50 shows he has "finally given up".

He says: "This is going to cause a big headache for many Labour MPs and not just for Diane Abbott.   "The Liberal Democrats urge these MPs, like Owen Smith has, to back our position of giving the people the final say on the deal. "For years, as he defied three line whip after three-line whip, Jeremy Corbyn used to say that it was important for MPs to do what they believed to be right rather than to do what they were told.  That has never been more true than it is today."

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Speaking on the BBC Two’s Daily Politics programme about the Housing white paper, former Housing Minister Grant Shapps said: “I don't suppose this will make that much difference.”

He continued: “Unless you build literally 2/3 million more homes in this country then you're not going to solve the problem.

“We probably need to build 10 or 15 brand new towns of 100 000 population each, maybe more. Unless we do that kind of thing, we're never actually going to solve anything."

Residents and developers wishing to challenge planning decisions could have to pay a higher fee in future, under plans included in the housing white paper., external

Those unhappy with decisions by councils currently have the right to have them reviewed by the planning inspectorate.

The white paper says this is an important democratic right but suggests unnecessary appeals are a waste of taxpayers' money and are slowing down the system.

It will consult on whether people should have to pay for the privilege of appealing against decisions, up to a maximum of £2,000 for a full inquiry and with refunds for successful appeals. 

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SNP MP Alison Thewliss says the government's record on housing contrasts poorly with the Scottish government's "record of success".

She notes that Scotland has exceeded its housing target.

She says "the elephant in the room"  is the government's "ideological pursuance" of the right to buy policy.

Sajid Javid says he is "very proud of the right to buy policy". 

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Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell welcomes parts of the white paper, specifically the government's promise not to remove green belt protections.

However, he says there is "deep anger" in Sutton Coldfield where the local Labour council is building 6,000 homes "unnecessarily" on the green belt.

He says there is also frustration that the government has not been able to stop it.

Sajid Javid replies that where there is housing need and where those plans have been signed off by an independent planning inspector "we should not get in the way". 

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Is this it? asks shadow housing secretary John Healey.

"We need better," he says and accuses the Conservative Party of having "given up" on home ownership.

He urges the government to stop those earning over £100,000 from accessing help to buy schemes.

He also calls on the government "to drop the deep Tory hostility" to local councils and "let them build the homes to meet the need of local people".

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To combat the shortage of housing, Sajid Javid says the government will introduce a new way of assessing housing need. 

He also says he will look at how land is used; however, he seeks to assure MPs that the white paper does not remove any protections of the green belt.

The government also wants to speed up the rate of building, he tells MPs.

He says he will no longer "tolerate delays" and plans to tackle "everything from planning conditions to great crested newts".

The government will also support housing associations and local authorities to build more houses, he says.