ben howlett: yesterday, it was announced that the foxhill housing zone in bath would receive £313,000ent funding to help to kick-start work to build thousands of new homes in the city. would the prime minister agree that that funding will help to reverse the lack of house-building under the labour party and enable struggling families to get on to the property ladder? prime minister cameron: i am delighted to hear about the development in his constituency. the fact is that we have built 700,000 houses since the government came to office in 2010, but a lot more needs to be done. sometimes it is specific bits of transport infrastructure, specific planning permissions or disagreements between district councils and county councils that need to be sorted out. we should not forget the fact, that the developers and house-builders will go ahead with house-building only if they believe that there is a benign economic environment with a strong and growing economy and stable interest rates, and all the things we need. that is the key to the success in housing. kevin brennan: the prime minister pr

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