Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Debate between Baroness Pinnock and Lord TeversonThursday 4th September 2025
(3 days, 23 hours ago)
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Lord Teverson (LD)
That was a somewhat desperate contribution—seriously so.
Baroness Pinnock (LD)
The intervention by the noble Baroness, Lady Laing, seemed to distance where somebody lives from their behaviours. The intervention she made was irrelevant. The fact is that the previous Conservative Government started using hotels for temporary accommodation for asylum seekers and made no effort to increase the speed of assessment for those asylum seekers, so that they could have certainty in their lives and local accommodation would not be put under undue stress. It was not only a failure of public policy by the previous Government; it was inhumane. It surprised me that the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for whom I have high regard, has seen fit to bring these amendments. It is out of character for her to do so. Perhaps on later reflection, she will regret bringing them.