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To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that temporary and emergency housing landlords make reasonable provision for homeless households with pets when arranging temporary accommodation.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that temporary and emergency housing landlords make reasonable provision for homeless households with pets when arranging temporary accommodation.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the availability of pet-friendly emergency, temporary, and supported accommodation in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the availability of pet-friendly emergency, temporary, and supported accommodation in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on mental health and wellbeing when people experiencing homelessness are separated from a companion animal in order to have access to accommodation.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on mental health and wellbeing when people experiencing homelessness are separated from a companion animal in order to have access to accommodation.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that a lack of pet-friendly emergency and temporary accommodation has on levels of rough sleeping.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that a lack of pet-friendly emergency and temporary accommodation has on levels of rough sleeping.
Moved by
Lord Bird
89: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause—
“Empty dwelling management orders: prescribed period of time
In the Housing (Empty Dwelling Management Orders) (Prescribed Period of Time and Additional Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2625), omit Article 2 (prescribed period of time).”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to...
Moved by
Lord Bird
89: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause—
“Empty dwelling management orders: prescribed period of time
In the Housing (Empty Dwelling Management Orders) (Prescribed Period of Time and Additional Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2625), omit Article 2 (prescribed period of time).”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to...
My Lords, I am very pleased that I am being given the opportunity to speak to these two interesting amendments, Amendments 89 and 90. They are very simple. They are nowhere near what I want to achieve in life, but they are, in a sense, a halt in a becoming....
My Lords, I am very pleased that I am being given the opportunity to speak to these two interesting amendments, Amendments 89 and 90. They are very simple. They are nowhere near what I want to achieve in life, but they are, in a sense, a halt in a becoming....
Shall I talk louder? The rain in Spain goes mainly down the drain. Sorry. Forgive me. Thank you. You are on my side.
Tony Blair or somebody in his Government had the idea that, if a house was empty for six months, it should be available for the local authority to...
Shall I talk louder? The rain in Spain goes mainly down the drain. Sorry. Forgive me. Thank you. You are on my side.
Tony Blair or somebody in his Government had the idea that, if a house was empty for six months, it should be available for the local authority to...
I will make my final comments. The noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, obviously does not know Peckham, because, if he did, he would know
that the clock tower is very important for the well-being of people in Peckham, as there is not an awful lot to look at. I am sorry—I...
I will make my final comments. The noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, obviously does not know Peckham, because, if he did, he would know
that the clock tower is very important for the well-being of people in Peckham, as there is not an awful lot to look at. I am sorry—I...
Are the Government aware that about 25% of those who fall into the NEET category are people who have been to university and have had further education or training?
Are the Government aware that about 25% of those who fall into the NEET category are people who have been to university and have had further education or training?
That is absolutely the case. Alan Milburn’s interim report set out starkly the real stickiness there. When young people do not go into work or finish a course of education or training, there is a stickiness that we need to combat. We are determined to stop failing our young people, our communities and our economy. That is why we commissioned the Milburn report and we await his final report and recommendations.
The Minister says that he is ambitious, which I am pleased to hear, but where in government is work to prevent people ending up in prison? I cannot see it. I cannot see homelessness prevention, prison prevention or the exportation of poverty from people’s lives—90% of people in prison are there from poverty.
The Minister says that he is ambitious, which I am pleased to hear, but where in government is work to prevent people ending up in prison? I cannot see it. I cannot see homelessness prevention, prison prevention or the exportation of poverty from people’s lives—90% of people in prison are there from poverty.
I thank the noble Lord for that question and for the work that he does. Some 80% of offending is reoffending, so something is going wrong when so many people just go round in a cycle. One of the main reasons is related to housing. We have far too many people leaving prison with nowhere to live, so I have managed to get agreement across government to halve the number of people leaving prison with nowhere to live by the end of this Parliament. That is one important step in making sure that, when people get out, we help them to stay out.
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 that one way you could achieve that is by being serious about the number of empty...
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 that one way you could achieve that is by being serious about the number of empty...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 18 March (HL15076), whether the baseline report will quantify the reduction in child poverty they aim to achieve for the 10 year strategy period.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 18 March (HL15076), whether the baseline report will quantify the reduction in child poverty they aim to achieve for the 10 year strategy period.
Our Child Poverty Strategy fulfils our commitment to reducing poverty this Parliament, lifting 550,000 children out of poverty in 2029/30. The commitments set out in the Strategy are set to lead to the largest expected reduction in child poverty over a Parliament since comparable records began.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (Child Poverty Strategy: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework - GOV.UK), published alongside the Strategy, sets out our plans. Further details on our approach will follow in a baseline report this Summer which will set out the latest statistics and evidence.
Government already has a statutory duty to publish poverty statistics annually and we will also hold ourselves to account on our progress through the monitoring and evaluation arrangements we have put in place, from this year and in future years, so that the progress we make is transparent for all.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 18 March (HL15076), when they expect to publish the baseline report.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 18 March (HL15076), when they expect to publish the baseline report.
Our Child Poverty Strategy fulfils our commitment to reducing poverty this Parliament, lifting 550,000 children out of poverty in 2029/30. The commitments set out in the Strategy are set to lead to the largest expected reduction in child poverty over a Parliament since comparable records began.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (Child Poverty Strategy: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework - GOV.UK), published alongside the Strategy, sets out our plans. Further details on our approach will follow in a baseline report this Summer which will set out the latest statistics and evidence.
Government already has a statutory duty to publish poverty statistics annually and we will also hold ourselves to account on our progress through the monitoring and evaluation arrangements we have put in place, from this year and in future years, so that the progress we make is transparent for all.
My Lords—
My Lords—
Is 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 central office in government for the eradication of poverty? Only by bringing everyone’s energies together will we bring about change.
Is 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 central office in government for the eradication of poverty? Only by bringing everyone’s energies together will we bring about change.
The noble Lord and I have discussed his suggestion, both in this Chamber and in my office. I would not agree with his characterisation that is a scattergun approach. What we have is a cross-government recognition of the challenge of ensuring that young people can get into work or can learn in pathways that will lead them to satisfactory work. That requires action in schools to identify young people who will potentially become NEET. It requires action, which we are taking, in the welfare system. It requires action in the Department of Health to support young people’s mental health needs. It requires the youth strategy that this Government have already produced. That is not scattergun; it is consistent cross-government action to tackle this problem.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to understand how the building of 1.5 million new affordable homes is likely to impact on the number of empty homes; and what precautions are in place to prevent the number of empty homes rising.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to understand how the building of 1.5 million new affordable homes is likely to impact on the number of empty homes; and what precautions are in place to prevent the number of empty homes rising.
The government wants to see more empty homes brought back into use. But the sheer scale of the housing crisis demands historic levels of housebuilding, which is why we have committed to building 1.5 million homes over this Parliament.
The government does not publish correspondence relating to the location of empty homes in the UK. Statistics on empty properties in England are published annually and can be found on gov.uk here (attached).
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish correspondence relating to efforts to ascertain the location of empty homes in the UK.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish correspondence relating to efforts to ascertain the location of empty homes in the UK.
The government wants to see more empty homes brought back into use. But the sheer scale of the housing crisis demands historic levels of housebuilding, which is why we have committed to building 1.5 million homes over this Parliament.
The government does not publish correspondence relating to the location of empty homes in the UK. Statistics on empty properties in England are published annually and can be found on gov.uk here (attached).
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 reorientate the way that local charities worked together. One of the things that...
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 reorientate the way that local charities worked together. One of the things that...
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% chance, as a child, of finishing whatever levels you do to leave school and then getting into...
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% chance, as a child, of finishing whatever levels you do to leave school and then getting into...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of including binding targets and milestones for reducing child poverty in the Child Poverty Strategy.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of including binding targets and milestones for reducing child poverty in the Child Poverty Strategy.
I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave to grouped questions HL15158, HL15156, HL15157, HL15155 HL on 18 March 2026
Our Child Poverty Strategy fulfils our commitment to reducing poverty this Parliament, lifting 550,000 children out of poverty, and sets out our ambition to tackle its structural drivers as part of a long-term, 10-year strategy. This Government has taken decisive action, with the interventions in the Strategy set to lead to the largest expected reduction in child poverty over a Parliament since comparable records began.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework Child Poverty Strategy: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework - GOV.UK, published alongside the Strategy, sets out our plans and further details on our approach will follow in a baseline report this Summer. We will continue to have a dedicated team in government that, with Ministerial oversight, will work across government, the public and private sectors and civil society to maintain focus on tackling child poverty and build on the Strategy.
Government already has a statutory duty to publish poverty statistics annually and we also hold ourselves to account on our progress through the monitoring and evaluation arrangements we have put in place, from this year and in future years, so that the progress we make is transparent for all. Deep material poverty estimates based on two-year averages will be published for each of the UK nations in the March 2026 HBAI publication.