Action to simplify the house buying process:
Nick Herbert on his visit to flood hit areas of Cumbria
Please note that the post below was published more than ten year ago on 21st November 2009 Nick Herbert MP, shadow cabinet member for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, was in Cumbria this morning to see the areas affected by the flooding. He writes on Conservative Home about his visit. Here is an extract. I’ve been in Cumbria today to see the areas affected by the floods. I arrived early in Keswick where I met officials from the Environment Agency. Although the river levels had fallen considerably and homes were no longer flooded, the damage to homes had been done. And the water which had got into houses wasn’t just from the river – it was foul water which had risen from the drains. I talked to fire crews who were pumping flood water back into the river, and discovered that they were from Tyne & Wear and Lancashire. They had been called in at an hours’ notice and had been working on the scene ever since, staying at a local hotel. You cannot fail to be impressed by the...
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Faster, well again, yes, how can anyone not like that, so long as everything that does need to be done is done, so for example there are no silly legal issues later.
Fairer - now here is where i have my issue, what exactly is meant by fairer?
As I understand it the idea is to look at how the process can be simplified by removing bureaucracy so that it is quicker and cheaper for all involved.
I must confess I had assumed until you raised the question that this was a reference to the fact that the people who suffer particularly as a result of the current cost of buying a house are the young and the less well-off. Therefore cutting that cost would help everyone but particularly those who most need it, and that represents an fairer outcome.
I don't think it is meant to mean more nanny state intervention, quite the opposite.