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HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]I will speak to my Amendment 116. The Government are charging us all with getting behind the idea that there will be 1.5 million new houses by the end of the Parliament. I suggest…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDYoung People and WorkIs it possible for the Minister to explain to me this kind of scattergun effect? She says that it covers all departments—education and everything else—but why is there not a…04 Jun 2026HANSARDYoung People and WorkMy Lords—04 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]It is either the market or the state; that seems to be the argument. In 2017, I went to a city that was having problems with a whole bevy of people. What we did was to try to…01 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]Anyway, to address the problem which I have not heard anybody mention: why is it that if you live in social housing—if you are the child of social housing—you have about a 2%…01 Jun 2026HANSARDBirmingham City Council and Unite: Refuse Workers’ PayIs it possible for us to agree that one of the reasons we are in this dispute is that refuse workers are so badly paid? I am a former refuse worker —I was a road sweeper for the…17 Mar 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillI say “well done” to the noble Lord, Lord Walker. I was confused when I was asked to follow the noble Lord and, in the tradition of the House, to praise him. I thought to myself,…12 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren in Care: Illegal AccommodationDoes the Minister agree that care is often the only time when a lot of people who come from disturbed family lives can get their hands on some social mobility? I would like the…12 Mar 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillMy Lords—12 Mar 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillIs it not wonderful that social security can be used as a hand up? That is the point I am trying to make. I am not trying to make the point of work versus social security. I am…12 Mar 2026HANSARDPFASI just wanted to bring a bit of thinking here. Why is your Government now looking like every other Government, in that when you get the opportunity to be brave and act quickly,…05 Mar 2026HANSARDFree Speech Complaints SchemeCan we include criticism of the actions of Israel in Gaza in the freedom of speech argument, because there are many of us who are being silenced by it?23 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI am very pleased that this amendment is to be discussed again. What troubles me is that it could be such a small, insignificant thing to ask for targets from the Government. Are…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThank you very much. I have decided to join the Conservative Party. Can I meet the noble Earl afterwards and fill in the forms? Forgive me, I was only joking. I have never…28 Jan 2026HANSARDNet Zero: Civil Society and Faith-based OrganisationsDoes the Minister agree that getting rid of poverty would be one of the greatest ways of achieving net zero?08 Jan 2026HANSARDNational Plan to End HomelessnessTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether new funding allocations to local authorities are sufficient to deliver the prevention commitments in the…16 Dec 2025HANSARDNational Plan to End HomelessnessWith £2.8 billion spent on temporary accommodation in the last year by local authorities, forcing many of them towards bankruptcy, the £2.5 billion the Government have allocated,…16 Dec 2025HANSARDAutumn Budget 2025I am not here to congratulate the Government, nor to commiserate with the Opposition. I am here to talk about what the noble Lord, Lord Saatchi, has called for, which is: not more…04 Dec 2025HANSARDSubscription Contracts: Right to CancelIs the Minister actually asking for reluctant subscribers to stay with a service just because it is a charity? I find that really difficult to understand. We have to think of that…02 Dec 2025