I will make it easier for the Minister then, since he is finding it difficult. In my city of Edinburgh, there are a lot of houses with rooms that do not have external windows—they are box rooms. Some occasionally have a small skylight. Is that within the definition of a bedroom? Another example might be studio flats, or studio flats that may then have an extra bedroom attached to them. Is that a two-bedroom or a one-bedroom flat? Another might be my study. Is my study a bedroom or is it a study? It was used as a bedroom by the previous occupier, but now it is a study. These are just three examples of difficulties from the very start and the most simple part of the Bill: that is, the description of a bedroom.
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 18 October 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.
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