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HANSARDHousing: Rental MarketIf thousands of houses are taken out of the housing market in London, does the Minister not agree that that would have an effect on the price of rents and on homelessness?28 Oct 2019HANSARDInequalityMy Lords, is it possible to accept the fact that we would be able to ride a coach and horses through those figures over the next five or 10 years if we did something about the 35%…03 Oct 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future GenerationsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the interests of future generations are taken into account at every level of government policy-making and, if so, how.01 Oct 2019HANSARDHousing: Permitted Development RightsMy Lords, can the Government not take this wonderful opportunity to praise the borough of Watford for not slipping us back to the 1940s and 1950s, when many of our poorest people…23 Jul 2019HANSARDChildhood ObesityIs it possible to consider something very clever? Rather than accepting that the poorest among us are the ones who deal with obesity, why do we not give them a Waitrose lunch and…15 Jul 2019HANSARDSustainable Development GoalsI welcome the opportunity to talk in this debate, but I am sorry to say that I come as a sheep in wolf’s clothing. I am very much here to promote the Well-being of Future…10 Jul 2019HANSARDMental Illness: Job Security and InequalityTo ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of job security and reducing inequality in tackling the prevalence of mental illness.04 Jul 2019HANSARDMental Illness: Job Security and InequalityMy Lords, it is good that we have a report from the UN rapporteur Mr Dainius Puras. I shall refer to it very briefly because it is part of the reason why I asked for this debate.…04 Jul 2019HANSARDFuture GenerationsIt is interesting that today we have a “The Time is Now” demonstration outside; it is interesting to us all to realise that we are moving towards many big problems. The thing…26 Jun 2019HANSARDFuture GenerationsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 26 November 2018 (HL11361), by what means, if at all, they require public bodies to act,…26 Jun 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future Generations’ InterestsTo move that this House takes note of the case for better protecting and representing the interests of future generations in policy-making.20 Jun 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future Generations’ InterestsYou cannot but love the noble Lord, Lord Roberts. I have spent a bit of time in Wales. Just after the Brexit referendum, I heard that the Welsh Assembly was interested in looking…20 Jun 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future Generations’ InterestsMy Lords, I should like to begin this discussion about future generations with an observation about myself. I started my social intervention work very much in the world of…20 Jun 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future Generations’ InterestsPlease, can we throw out some of these Welsh people? One of the countries of the United Kingdom—I describe it as a bijou economy—had the space, time, energy and desire to change…20 Jun 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future Generations’ InterestsExcellent. That is my thinking. I hope we open a debate today. I am really pleased that we have such a long list of people who will begin to talk about how we need future…20 Jun 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future Generations’ InterestsI really enjoyed that and am glad the Minister has said she will look closely at the Welsh commission and legislation. That was a good way of describing it. I do not know if I got…20 Jun 2019HANSARDCouncil FundingI think that any of us going around most of our communities would agree that they are being hollowed out. If you look at what is happening with homelessness, libraries and youth…04 Jun 2019HANSARDCouncil FundingTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Institute for Fiscal Studies report English council funding: what ’ s happened and what ’ s next? , published on 29 May, what steps…04 Jun 2019HANSARDHomelessnessMy Lords, is the Minister aware that there are an enormous number of mental health problems on the streets, and that we should see young people—and not-so-young people—on the…21 May 2019HANSARDChild PovertyMy Lords, if we were to tackle the low-wage economy and the low social security economy that goes with it, we would lift people out of poverty. There is no way that young people…21 May 2019