Housing: Underoccupancy Charge Debate
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Baroness Lister of Burtersett
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Housing: Underoccupancy Charge
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Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab)
My Lords, the numbers may be small, but it is people’s lives that have been affected, and I do not think the noble Lord the Minister actually answered my noble friend’s question about what will happen to them. Could he please answer it now? Also, it is quite likely that many of these people will have got into debt as a result of this. Will the Government pay compensation to cover the interest payments on that debt?
Lord Freud
The reductions in housing benefit will of course be repaid as we correct the anomaly for this period, so people will be made whole.