Harriett Baldwin welcomes the increase in the number of first-time buyers in the housing market and also figures that show 37,000 new homes for social rent were built last year. Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con): Will the Minister welcome today’s figures showing that the number of first-time buyers increased by 20% this month? Will he also welcome the fact that the Department for Communities and Local Government has shown that 37,000 new homes for social rent were built last year, which is a record since 1997? Danny Alexander: I welcome those figures. They suggest that the policies being pursued by this Government are having the desired effect. | Hansard