The Liberal Democrats have demanded that the Scottish Government comes clean on its much-criticised affordable housing programme in a debate on housing in the Scottish Parliament today. Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Robert Brown MSP moved an amendment to this end during the debate.

Commenting, Mr Brown said:

"There is total confusion and uncertainty on where exactly the Scottish Government's programme is. It should be a simple task to identify and state how many houses for rent in the public sector the SNP Government plan to build. They pull all the levers on this, particularly by the funding provided to Councils and Housing Associations.

"Yet, despite pressure from housing organisations, the SNP continue to duck and weave on this. They seem determined to brazen it out with a smoke and mirrors act rather than come clean on the issue.

“The reality is obvious - as it stands, less houses will be built under the SNP than ever before. Housing has a distinctly lower priority under the SNP than it did when Liberal Democrats were in Government.”