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HANSARDHousing: No-fault EvictionsMy Lords, the noble Earl raises an important point about homelessness and people living in hostels. I do not see this as having a particular impact and if it does, it is a benign…15 May 2019HANSARDHousing: No-fault EvictionsMy Lords, the noble Lord makes an important point but I fail to see the connection with this proposal. He is absolutely right about ensuring that the needs of local people are…15 May 2019HANSARDHousing: No-fault EvictionsMy Lords, my noble friend makes an important point. That is why we have the consultation on Section 8. There are many instances in which it is totally appropriate for someone to…15 May 2019HANSARDHousing: No-fault EvictionsMy Lords, I thought the noble Baroness would be very grateful that, once the coalition Government had ended, we were able to do these things, looking at what was happening in…15 May 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for that point. I very much agree that we must ensure that the aggressor—the controller, the person perpetrating the domestic abuse—is…14 May 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their comments. I have to say that it seemed a little as though there has been a desperate search to find some bad…14 May 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall repeat a Statement on domestic abuse made yesterday by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The…14 May 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseThe noble Baroness is right that the Secretary of State, in answering questions in the other place, indicated that he is open-minded on this issue. Obviously, we will seek to…14 May 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for what he does in an important area of activity and an important area geographically. He is right that we need continuing oversight to make sure…14 May 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseThe noble Baroness makes an important point. In seeking to deal with it, I congratulate all those victims of domestic violence who step forward to help others. There are many in…14 May 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her kind comments. She is, as always, on the money. Paragraphs 70 to 72 of the consultation are headed “National Oversight” and make…14 May 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseMy Lords, the noble Lord will have heard me say that it is indeed across the piece. Accommodation-based services are obviously central, essential and probably more costly than…14 May 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseMy Lords, I first thank the noble Baroness. I know she has done a tremendous amount of work in this area; indeed, we have worked together on some aspects of domestic abuse…14 May 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseThe noble and learned Baroness is absolutely right to make that cautionary point about forced marriage. These will often be members of BAME communities, so we hope that will be…14 May 2019HANSARDSocial Housing: Older PeopleMy Lords, the climate change dimension is of interest to me, and the noble Baroness is right to highlight it. Modern methods of construction in particular will help us to deliver…09 May 2019HANSARDSocial Housing: Older PeopleMy Lords, I was unaware of that statistic, but certainly India is developing incredibly quickly on a number of technological fronts, so I am not totally surprised. My noble friend…09 May 2019HANSARDSocial Housing: Older PeopleMy Lords, the noble Baroness is right: the private rented sector has grown massively across all age groups. There is nothing inherently wrong in that; it was slightly implicit in…09 May 2019HANSARDSocial Housing: Older PeopleMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for what she does on behalf of older people, specifically on intergenerational fairness. I remember the work we did together on the…09 May 2019HANSARDSocial Housing: Older PeopleMy Lords, the noble Lord is right about the importance of the Select Committee’s recommendations, many of which we are taking forward. He will know that we have ensured that…09 May 2019HANSARDSocial Housing: Older PeopleMy Lords, the noble Lord is right to concentrate on that standard. He will know that Part M of the building regulations is about to be reviewed; we have touched on it previously.…09 May 2019