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Full Debate Below : John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) (Lab) (Urgent Question): Will the Minister explain to the House the details of the voluntary agreement on the right to buy negotiated with the National Housing Federation and how it differs from his original statutory approach? The Minister for Housing and Planning (Brandon Lewis): As stated in our manifesto, the Government want to give housing association tenants the same home ownership opportunities as council tenants. Since the introduction of right to buy, nearly 2 million households have been helped to realise their aspiration of owning their own home. There have been 46,000 sales since April 2010, including more than 40,000 under the reinvigorated scheme introduced in 2012 by the last Government. The Government want to help families achieve their dream of home ownership, but at the moment about 1.3 million housing association tenants cannot benefit from the discounts that the last Government introduced. We w...