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Homelessness Reduction Bill

Proceeding contribution from Richard Burden (Labour) in the House of Commons on Friday, 28 October 2016. It occurred during Debate on bills on Homelessness Reduction Bill.

I commend the hon. Gentleman for introducing the Bill, and I am pleased to hear his acknowledgment that if it is going to work, it will need to have resources behind it. Let me put this point to him about prevention. Prevention must mean what it says. I recall an Adjournment debate

here when it was pointed out that a previous Conservative administration of Birmingham City Council was using the term “prevention” as a means of passing the buck to other people to give advice to people threatened by homelessness. It is really important that prevention means prevention and not just passing the buck.

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

616 c543 

Session

2016-17

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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