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

My Lords, I support the amendment and would have put my name to it had I known about it. The noble Baroness has made a very

strong case. I will not go into a riff about the bedroom tax and keep noble Lords here for the rest of the night—my noble friend Lady Sherlock and I could do a duet on it. The point is that we could undermine the very good intentions of legislation such as this if women are afraid that they are going to be hit by the bedroom tax if either the perpetrator leaves or they leave. This points to the importance of looking at this across departments and doing something about it. Even if something cannot be done now, can it be taken back and put into the pot of thinking about domestic violence strategy?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
788 c1054 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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