"My Lords, poverty and housing charities and the LGA are very disappointed that the local housing allowance freeze, made under austerity, was not lifted in the Budget, despite the Government’s welcome commitment to tackling homelessness and child poverty. The shortfall for low-income private renters has reached an all-time high, with …..." Baroness Lister of Burtersett - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to lifting the freeze in local housing allowance; and what assessment they have made of the effect of lifting that freeze on homelessness and the demand for temporary accommodation...." Baroness Lister of Burtersett - View Speech
"My Lords, my Amendment 43 seeks to ensure that the extension of votes to 16 year-olds, as argued by the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, is accompanied by the necessary citizenship education to prepare young people to exercise their new rights and responsibilities as citizens. A number of noble …..." Baroness Lister of Burtersett - View Speech
"The noble Baroness referred to my amendment and has concerns about it. I remind her that I made the point about training and resources, because it would have to be adequately resourced. Does the noble Baroness not agree with the whole concept of citizenship education, because that seems to be …..." Baroness Lister of Burtersett - View Speech
"To save my noble friend the Minister having to bob up and down, I have a couple of questions, which she could perhaps write to me about afterwards. One is about the teacher training and resources that will support the kind of citizenship education we have been talking about. The …..." Baroness Lister of Burtersett - View Speech
"My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 32 on behalf of my noble friend Lord Blunkett, who regrets that he cannot be in this place. I have never really understood why noble Lords are disfranchised when it comes to general elections, so I look forward to my noble friend the …..." Baroness Lister of Burtersett - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have contributed to this debate on this rather eclectic group of amendments, and I do so on behalf of my noble friend Lord Blunkett —who I sense has got the bit between his teeth on this, so I think we have probably not …..." Baroness Lister of Burtersett - View Speech
"I thank my noble friend for that correction. However, I suspect my noble friend Lord Blunkett will not be convinced and will be back with much stronger arguments than I have at present.
"My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Foster, while I welcome the compromises in the Statement, I fear it will not reassure most of the migrant workers who have emailed me expressing anxiety, anguish and bitter disappointment at the retrospective measures they consider unfair, having come to this country in …..." Baroness Lister of Burtersett - View Speech