Welfare Reform and Work Bill

My Lords, in the spirit of comradeship and friendship with the Liberal Democrats, we are very hap...

I think there were two parts involved in that question, so let me go through them. In answer to t...

Moved by

Baroness Sherlock

46E: Clause 16, page 15, line 33, leave out from “section”...

My Lords, I rise to move Amendments 46E and 46F in my name and that of my noble friend Lord McKen...

My Lords, we briefly went round this course in Committee. The noble Baroness has raised a number ...

My Lords, Amendment 46E would apply the affirmative procedure to the support for mortgage interes...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that response. I hope that he will take away again the point a...

Moved by

Lord Freud

47: Clause 18, page 17, line 36, at end insert—

“( ) In sec...

Moved by

Lord Best

50: Clause 22, page 21, line 8, at end insert—

“(c) the acco...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 50 and 51, the first two amendments in the group, in my n...

My Lords, I will not detain the House that long, but I want first to pay tribute to the noble Lor...

My Lords, having six weeks ago spoken to a mother who had just moved into a refuge with her daugh...

My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of Peabody and president of the Local Government Associa...

My Lords, I have a brief comment and a brief question.

I support everything that the noble ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 51 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Best. I am speaking partly o...

My Lords, I, too, very much welcome the letter that the Minister sent to all noble Lords earlier ...

My Lords, in speaking to my Amendment 52, I do so very much in context rather than proposing it. ...

My Lords, from these Benches I join other noble Lords in commending the negotiating skills of the...

My Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of the National Housing Federation. I speak in favou...

My Lords, we support each of the amendments set down in this group and have added our names to so...

I will start by picking up a point made by the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, on unintended consequ...

Might I press the Minister for a moment on the LHA cap issue? I am not quite clear about what he ...

There will be a review, which will look at how we fund. We have given ourselves a year to come up...

The proposal with regard to the exemption and flexibility for the regulator in those difficult ci...

My Lords, this has been an excellent debate. Many thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, my nobl...

Moved by

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

54: Clause 24, page 23, line 42, at end insert—...

My Lords, the amendments in this group are mainly technical in nature. The majority of them respo...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that quick but extensive exposition of what is in the amendmen...

Moved by

Lord Freud

55: Clause 24, page 24, line 3, at end insert—

“(b) regulat...

Moved by

Lord Freud

60: Clause 25, page 24, line 21, leave out “, exemptions and enfo...

Moved by

Lord Freud

62: Schedule 2, page 32, line 40, leave out sub-paragraphs (i) to...

Moved by

Lord Freud

64: Schedule 2, page 33, line 20, leave out sub-paragraphs (7) an...

Moved by

Lord Freud

77: Clause 26, page 24, line 43, at end insert—

“(3A) Regul...

Moved by

Lord Freud

79: Clause 31, page 27, leave out lines 33 and 34

80: Claus...

Moved by

Baroness Meacher

82A: After Clause 31, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, in moving Amendment 82A I hope not to take up much of the House’s time. The amendment r...

My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, has just said, under the old housing benefit schem...

My Lords, I strongly support the amendment moved so ably by the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher. Thi...

My Lords, the Government are great believers in the principle of “nudge” and have greatly expande...

My Lords, we strongly support the amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher. Indeed, it...

This amendment requires the Secretary of State to make regulations that would allow universal cre...

The noble Lord makes our point for us. If a substantial number of people are in work and managing...

The core reason why I dislike this measure—and I do dislike it, so it is not a question of persua...

I have spent years in either local authority housing management or housing association management...

Perhaps I should not have personalised it.

The reason this idea of choice does not work is ...

It is extremely late but I would like to thank the noble Earl, Lord Cathcart, the noble Baroness,...

Moved by

Lord Freud

line 5, after “interest” insert “and other liabilities”