Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill [HL]

My Lords, the aim of this legislation is certainly not to do anything in relation to the abusing ...

My Lords, today represents a double first for me. It is my first time at the Dispatch Box—as a da...

My Lords, this is a short but significant Bill, and from these Benches we welcome it. I thank bot...

My Lords, it is probably pertinent that I declare my interests in so far as I am the chairman of ...

I wish to comment only briefly today, first by paying tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Lister,...

My Lords, I first congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, on the part she played in getting...

My Lords, immediately before this debate, we were discussing the pay of women at the BBC. I shoul...

My Lords, without wishing to trivialise in any way the important issues dealt with in the Bill, i...

My Lords, housing is not normally an area that I would venture into, and it is not something that...

My Lords, this is a very short but very important Bill as it will make a significant impact on, a...

My Lords, I too welcome the Bill, which seeks to provide support to victims of domestic abuse who...

My Lords, I speak briefly in the gap to congratulate the Minister on bringing forward this measur...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, has raised a very important issue. My attention ...

My Lords, I make my usual declaration of interests as a councillor in the London Borough of Lewis...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in what has been an excellent debate acro...

I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord. I do not think anyone is suggesting that it should be put...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness. As I said, this is something local authorities are doing alr...

I understand that, under the Small Tenements Recovery Act 1838, it was possible for a local autho...

My Lords, the noble Lord makes a powerful case that I accept. As I have said, I want to see how m...

Before the noble Lord sits down, I think it is fair to say that in the debate this afternoon ther...

I was not quite sure what the Minister meant when he talked about the current consultation. Did h...

Let me deal with the devolved Administrations point first. As noble Lords can imagine, with my ba...