Debates between Earl of Courtown and Lord Lea of Crondall during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Thu 27th Feb 2020

Rough Sleeping

Debate between Earl of Courtown and Lord Lea of Crondall
Thursday 27th February 2020

(4 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl of Courtown Portrait The Earl of Courtown
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My Lords, I will not move on to planning at this time. The Statement and comments by noble Lords have underlined the importance of affordable housing and having housing available. As I referred to just a moment ago, the move-on fund is very important to provide housing for homeless people.

Lord Lea of Crondall Portrait Lord Lea of Crondall (Non-Afl)
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My Lords, given the connection between homelessness and local government finance, am I right that the Minister said there would be more local authority housing directly arising from this review? If so, will he confirm how that would work in practice in the prioritisation for local government housing? At the moment it is not clear whether the Government are committed to this being part of the review he has announced.

Earl of Courtown Portrait The Earl of Courtown
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I am sure Dame Louise will cover all issues when she begins her review. As I said earlier, she will work across government. As the noble Lord said, obviously homelessness is paramount, and to not be homeless means you have to be accommodated. We have to start with getting people off the streets. This is where this new, additional funding will help.