Gavin Barwell replaces Brandon Lewis as housing minister
Gavin Barwell has been appointed as the new Minister of State for Housing & Planning. He is also the Minister for London.
Mr Barwell said he was half way up a tree midway through sawing off a branch when he took the call from the Prime Minister.
The MP for Croydon Central, who was elected in May 2010, wrote in his blog: “I am hugely honoured that the Prime Minister asked me to serve in her Government as Minister of State for Housing & Planning and Minister for London. Every MP will tell you that housing is one of the most common issues they deal with in their surgeries.
“Too many people have to live in overcrowded or even unsafe conditions. Too many people do not have a permanent place to call home. Too many people are having to pay too much of their monthly earnings on their housing costs.
“And - as the Prime Minister said in her moving speech outside Downing Street on Wednesday night - too many people who want the independence of owning their own home currently can't afford to do so.”
The previous Housing Minister, Brandon Lewis, is now Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service.
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