My Lords, I am immensely grateful to the noble Baroness. We have argued this case gently for a long time. It affects a particular sector of the community that is never out of mind but is sometimes not sufficiently focused on. Over time this provision will bring relief to all sorts of families. As the noble Baroness said, one occasionally has temporary periods of incapacity after, say, major surgery or an accident. It is not just for the elderly, whom we are all becoming, and it will improve the utility of our homes across the whole spectrum of provision for the community. This is a generous concession by the Government for which, again, I am grateful.
Housing and Regeneration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Dixon-Smith
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 17 July 2008.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Housing and Regeneration Bill.
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