SHADOW housing minister Grant Shapps MP visited Stroud and Stonehouse this Monday, December 8. He held seminars on the future of the property sector in the south west. At Unite Manufacturing Plant, Stonehouse, businesses were invited to meet with Mr Shapps to discuss issues they are currently facing. In Brick Row, Stroud, Mr Shapps met with members of the Gloucestershire Land for People group which seeks to capture land for permanantly affordable homes, amenity, farms and workspace.