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Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 30 June 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Vincent Cable. The answering member was Lord Austin of Dudley.


Repossession and Mortgage Arrears

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on repossession and mortgage arrears.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
495 c1-22WH 
Session
2008-09
Department
Department for Communities and Local Government
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Lord Austin of Dudley | 495 c22WH (Link to this contribution) In a rare moment of candour, I can tell the hon. Lady that, despite the fantastic induction into the...
Baroness Teather | 495 c22WH (Link to this contribution) I am trying to help the Minister, because he has had to make a very long speech. The Government prom...
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Lord Austin of Dudley | 495 c21-2WH (Link to this contribution) As I said, my right hon. Friend will provide further details later. The hon. Lady also asked about ...
Baroness Teather | 495 c8-11WH (Link to this contribution) I presume that hon. Members will stay and intervene, or the relatively new Minister will have to mak...
Speaker | 495 c8WH (Link to this contribution) If no Back-Bench Members want to speak, I call Sarah Teather.
Baroness Teather | 495 c11-2WH (Link to this contribution) Unfortunately, an enormous number of people who face homelessness, regardless of the cause, are put ...
Bob Spink | 495 c11WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes a lot of sense and I congratulate her, the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable...
Vincent Cable | 495 c6-7WH (Link to this contribution) I understand that in April and May there were discussions around the country involving about 800 fam...
John Leech | 495 c6WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Does he agree that to gauge the effectiveness ...
Vincent Cable | 495 c7-8WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is quite right. An Office of Fair Trading review of payment protection insurance ...
David Leslie Taylor | 495 c7WH (Link to this contribution) Is not the prime reason why 83 per cent. of people—to use the hon. Gentleman's figure—do not take ou...
Philip Hollobone | 495 c3-4WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his wonderful speech, which I am following closely. I am partic...
Vincent Cable | 495 c4-6WH (Link to this contribution) That is certainly true, and many of us are aware that unemployment levels have doubled or more in ou...
Lord Austin of Dudley | 495 c19-21WH (Link to this contribution) I do not have those details with me, but I shall check. If we can make them available, we will do so...
Justine Greening | 495 c19WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving us those figures at long last. Does he have a figure to sho...
Lord Austin of Dudley | 495 c19WH (Link to this contribution) As I said earlier, we are talking to all the participants in the scheme to see whether we can accele...
Baroness Teather | 495 c19WH (Link to this contribution) I understand what the Minister says, but I hope that he remembers the example that I gave of a colle...
Lord Austin of Dudley | 495 c19WH (Link to this contribution) The important thing about the scheme is to recognise that families receive help at various stages, a...
Vincent Cable | 495 c19WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister said a few moments ago that 200 families are now being helped under the mortgage rescue...
Lord Austin of Dudley | 495 c18-9WH (Link to this contribution) I shall provide more details later in my speech. Even at the later stage, when cases reach court, r...
Lord Austin of Dudley | 495 c15-8WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr. Amess. I congratulate the hon. M...
Justine Greening | 495 c18WH (Link to this contribution) May I take the Minister back to his earlier comments? He will be aware that the Treating Customers F...
Justine Greening | 495 c12-5WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) on securing this debate on an incredibly i...
David Leslie Taylor | 495 c3WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. Sub-prime lenders have been par...
Vincent Cable | 495 c2-3WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman. I hope that I have signed his early-day motion. If I have not, I wi...
Bob Spink | 495 c2WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has raised a crucial matter and he is absolutely right: it is timely that we cons...
Vincent Cable | 495 c1-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am glad to have an opportunity to return to a subject on which I have introduced several debates i...
Vincent Cable | 495 c3WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right, and I will go on to deal with that a little more when I speak about the...
Baroness Teather | 495 c21WH (Link to this contribution) I want to clarify that point. That is when the outcome of the review will be announced, but when wil...
Subjects
Debts Banks Building societies Housing Mortgages Private rented housing Repossession orders
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