Welfare Reform and Work Bill

My Lords, we thank the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Evans, for her introduction and we are ...

My Lords, I support what the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, has just said. He is right to say that th...

I thank both noble Lords for their contributions and take note of the points that they raised. In...

Can I just press the Minister a bit to say what “in due course” means? Can we narrow that timelin...

As I said, we will look at what information we can provide for Report; I am afraid that I cannot ...

Moved by

Lord Kerslake

104C: Clause 21, page 20, line 36, leave out “, second or thir...

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 104C. In doing so, I declare my interest as chair of Peabody a...

My Lords, I rise to support the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Kerslake and to sp...

My Lords, I represent a ward in Newcastle-upon-Tyne—I declare my interest as a serving councillor...

I am very sympathetic to the views put forward by the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, in moving his am...

My Lords, I support a lot of what the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, said. The noble Lord and I do no...

My Lords, in speaking briefly to these amendments I declare an interest as the chair of the board...

My Lords, I also declare an interest, which is on the register, as a director of a housing associ...

My Lords, I want to raise a slightly wider point, as I see the 1% rent cut as the most recent of ...

My Lords, I have a fraction of the knowledge and experience in this field of the noble Baroness, ...

My Lords, to respond to the noble Lord, the latest estimate is that 60% or more of property sold ...

My Lords, this debate focusing on six specific amendments has become quite broad and—dare I say i...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken to these amendments. I have listened with care ...

How much of that £20 billion is going to be applied for social housing for rent?

That will be £1.6 billion.

Of £20 billion?

It will be £1.6 billion to provide 100,000 homes for rent.

So the Minister is saying that £20 billion is set aside for affordable housing, but only £1.6 bil...

The £20 billion will be invested in housebuilding over this spending review, and £1.6 billion of ...

Will the Minister agree to the circulation before Report to all Members of your Lordships’ House ...

My Lords, I am afraid that I cannot give that level of comfort to the noble Baroness. As I say, w...

I—

If I may finish, all I can say is that we take very seriously housing providers that might suffer...

So what the Minister is saying is that the Government will come in after the event, when provider...

My Lords, exemptions will apply to providers that demonstrate to the Government that they will fa...

My apologies; my throat is not very good, so I hope that noble Lords can hear me. What is the Gov...

My Lords, there are several different types of accommodation. There is supported housing, which i...

Forgive me for having to get up again; after all, we are coming to this subject on Amendments 107...

Might the noble Baroness take the opportunity to clarify the distinction between exceptions and e...

The noble Lord has just read my mind. Doing so might be helpful because I think that we are now t...

Before the noble Baroness sits down, she referred to the private rented sector and implied that i...

My Lords, I think I explained that the Government do not intend to take action on the private ren...

My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for her comprehensive response. I also thank my noble frien...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

104DA: Clause 21, page 20, line 39, at end ins...

Moved by

Lord McKenzie of Luton

105: Clause 21, page 20, line 46, at end insert—

My Lords, Amendment 105 stands in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Sherlock. We are pleas...

My Lords, I support the amendment. I am very concerned about the rise in child homelessness and t...

I add my support for the amendment. I do not have much to add to what has already been said by th...

My Lords, I did not get up again and ask the Minister for a reply to the question that I put at t...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Blackstone, may be amazed to know that I rather agree with her...

Does the noble Lord accept that there is a distinction between trying to understand what the Gove...

I appreciate that. Clearly, we ought to know as much as we can now about the effect of the Govern...

My Lords, Amendment 105 seeks to require the Secretary of State to produce a plan within 12 month...

I wonder whether the Minister could rephrase her comment about social rents being out of kilter w...

That is certainly my understanding too: that more and more the poorest people are being pushed in...

I am very happy to write to the noble Earl. I do not make a judgment about why social rents have,...

My Lords, essentially, the Minister is saying that it is now acceptable to punish local authoriti...

No, my Lords; I am saying that we need to reset the picture for the social rented sector.

Does that mean that the Minister did not know a year ago what the effect of the policies would be...

My Lords, I was not the Minister a year ago. However, I get the noble Baroness’s drift. The point...

Is any guidance given to local authorities on prudent reserves?

As an ex-local authority leader, I can tell the noble Lord that we were always advised through CP...

Exactly.

But they have revenue and capital reserves. I do understand local authority obligations on reserv...

I am not sure that the Minister has understood my question. It was about the impact of a reductio...

Perhaps I may write to the noble Baroness; I understand her point. However, I also understand the...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this short debate. The noble Earl, Lor...

Moved by

Lord McKenzie of Luton

107: Clause 22, page 21, line 6, at end insert—