My Lords, I understand the point. I think that the evaluation of the pilots indicated that housing benefit claimants are not always universally welcomed by landlords, but I think that I am right in saying that the evaluation of local housing in the pathfinders produced no evidence of a further...

My Lords, I understand the point. I think that the evaluation of the pilots indicated that housing benefit claimants are not always universally welcomed by landlords, but I think that I am right in saying that the evaluation of local housing in the pathfinders produced no evidence of a further...

My Lords, I hope the noble Lord will forgive me, before he begins to perorate. He has told us that the private rented sector has increased in the past two years. Indeed, it has. Has it increased access for those on housing benefit? That is the key question requiring the...

My Lords, I hope the noble Lord will forgive me, before he begins to perorate. He has told us that the private rented sector has increased in the past two years. Indeed, it has. Has it increased access for those on housing benefit? That is the key question requiring the...

My Lords, it is a matter for local authorities. I think I am right in saying that in the pilots the amount that was finally spent on money advice was less than originally anticipated. If I am wrong on that, I will write to the noble Lord. Essentially, it is...

My Lords, it is a matter for local authorities. I think I am right in saying that in the pilots the amount that was finally spent on money advice was less than originally anticipated. If I am wrong on that, I will write to the noble Lord. Essentially, it is...

My Lords, this has been another interesting debate and I will try to respond to the points raised. However, I first remind the House about the wider context for these regulations and why they are such an important step not only for housing benefit reform but more widely for transforming...

My Lords, this has been another interesting debate and I will try to respond to the points raised. However, I first remind the House about the wider context for these regulations and why they are such an important step not only for housing benefit reform but more widely for transforming...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Oakeshott, for bringing these orders on the new local housing allowance to our attention this evening. I certainly do not agree with him, as he knows well, on the last point that he made in his introductory speech. I noticed...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Oakeshott, for bringing these orders on the new local housing allowance to our attention this evening. I certainly do not agree with him, as he knows well, on the last point that he made in his introductory speech. I noticed...

rose to move, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the regulations laid before the House on 8 October be annulled (SI 2007/2868). The noble Lord said: My Lords, following the analogy that we heard when discussing the previous regulations, I make it clear that we...

rose to move, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the regulations laid before the House on 8 October be annulled (SI 2007/2868). The noble Lord said: My Lords, following the analogy that we heard when discussing the previous regulations, I make it clear that we...

My Lords, to use the word of the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, you will be pleased to know that I am all perorated out. I just want to thank, first, the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, for his support on certain issues. I am sorry if he felt that I was...

My Lords, to use the word of the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, you will be pleased to know that I am all perorated out. I just want to thank, first, the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, for his support on certain issues. I am sorry if he felt that I was...

My Lords, how much of that £59 million will be going for money advice, or is that entirely a matter for local authorities?

My Lords, how much of that £59 million will be going for money advice, or is that entirely a matter for local authorities?

Housing Benefit (Local Housing Allowance and Information Sharing) Amendment Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2868). Lords debate on motion that an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the order be annulled. Motion withdrawn. Debated with Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) (Local Housing Allowance and Information Sharing) Amendment Regulations 2007; Housing Benefit (Local Housing Allowance Miscellaneous and Consequential) Amendment Regulations 2007; Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2007.

Housing Benefit (Local Housing Allowance and Information Sharing) Amendment Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2868). Lords debate on motion that an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the order be annulled. Motion withdrawn. Debated with Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) (Local Housing Allowance and Information Sharing) Amendment Regulations 2007;...

Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2007. Lords motion that an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the order be annulled. Motion not moved. (Debated with SI 2007/2868).

Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2007. Lords motion that an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the order be annulled. Motion not moved. (Debated with SI 2007/2868).

SI 2007/2871. (Negative instrument). together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Work and Pensions. Coming into force in accordance with article 1.

SI 2007/2871. (Negative instrument). together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Work and Pensions. Coming into force in accordance with article 1.