Examination of Witnesses (Questions 260
- 261)
MONDAY 22 JANUARY 2007
MR PETER
WALLS, MR
JOHN CRAGGS,
MR CHRIS
LANGSTAFF AND
MS CATHERINE
PARK
Q260 Mr Olner:
But you think it needs a change?
Mr Langstaff: Yes, you are right.
Mr Walls: I think I would get
shot if I went home having been down here if I did not say that
I think there are far too many sound bites about the surplus in
the North and the horrendous problems in the South. If anything,
it is paranoia about kids and where are they going to live because
they are getting marginalised out of both solutions. They cannot
afford to buy; they cannot access rent; and if you look at the
numerics of it, what we are doing in the North, certainly in our
area, it is nowhere near addressing that. We do need to look at
the distribution of population versus the distribution of the
allocation and at the moment it does not quite seem to stack up
in terms of North and South.
Mr Olner: It is good to have that on
the record.
Q261 Chair: Would
you agree with that, Mr Langstaff?
Mr Langstaff: The trouble is we
can argue against each other on redistribution and I do not want
to do that. I think the system needs a radical overhaul and that
is where I come from.
Chair: Thank you very much indeed.
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