. >> sheila gilmore. >> my constituent, who is paying £12 a week out of an income of £72 a week on thes less than impressed to find out that annual spending on housing benefit is now £4 billion higher than it was in 2010. when will this prime minister tackle the real causes of the increase in spending on housing benefit, which are low wages and high rents? >> the point is that the labour party has opposed every single change to welfare and housing benefit, and this afternoon, they will vote in this house for an extra £2 billion of welfare spending, all that in the week when they are meant to be telling us how much they care about the deficit. it is completely incoherent, and that is why the british public will never trust the labour party with the economy again. >> the recent announcement about the building of the glossop spur and the consultation to extend the bypass around tintwistle has been widely welcomed across my constituency. there is, however, some scepticism about it actually happening, given that the previous labour government shelved their scheme in 2009. will my right hono