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Debate on bill on Monday, 19 March 2018, in the House of Commons, led by Heather Wheeler. The answering member was Melanie Onn.

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

Second reading. Agreed to on question. Programme motion on Committal to a Public Bill Committee, proceedings in Committee, on Report and up to and including Third reading, and other proceedings. Agreed to on question.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
638 cc58-79 
Session
2017-19
Department
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Legislative stage
Second reading
Procedure
Programme motions
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Heather Wheeler | 638 c59 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

I am delighted to move the Bill’s S...

Catherine West | 638 c59 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Minister join me in praising the work of Solace Women’s Aid in London? It does an incred...

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Heather Wheeler | 638 cc59-60 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady for mentioning Solace, which has a very good reputation across London. It i...

Toby Perkins | 638 c60 (Link to this contribution)

That support for victims of domestic violence is incredibly important. Will the Minister say a li...

Heather Wheeler | 638 c60 (Link to this contribution)

The average stay in a hostel or refuge can be up to four and a half or five months, so a local co...

Toby Perkins | 638 c60 (Link to this contribution)

It is true that some local authorities take the view that the Minister describes, but would it no...

Heather Wheeler | 638 cc60-1 (Link to this contribution)

That is a very good question, but I do not think there is the problem that the hon. Gentleman thi...

Leo Docherty | 638 c61 (Link to this contribution)

I am very pleased that the Bill is being introduced, but will my hon. Friend give us a little mor...

Heather Wheeler | 638 c61 (Link to this contribution)

The Bill is specifically about lifetime tenancies. The review of women’s refuges is about provisi...

Melanie Onn | 638 cc61-2 (Link to this contribution)

I pay tribute to colleagues in the other place for their work on this Bill, particularly my party...

Catherine West | 638 c62 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that since 2010 the situation for women and others escaping violent sit...

Melanie Onn | 638 cc62-3 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes the important point that it is not a single issue but a variety of factors t...

Heather Wheeler | 638 c63 (Link to this contribution)

To set the record straight, it is not a review. It is an audit, and we have been asked by those i...

Melanie Onn | 638 cc63-5 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for that comment. I genuinely believe that this has been asked for as a resu...

Giles Watling | 638 cc65-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is a great honour to speak in this debate, and I fully support this important and welcome piec...

Gavin Newlands | 638 cc66-8 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—it is pleasure to see one of Renfrewshire’s ain back in the Chair...

Robert Courts | 638 cc68-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is an honour to make a brief contribution to this debate on a much needed and welcome Bill, wh...

Toby Perkins | 638 c69 (Link to this contribution)

On the amount of council housing that there is, a tiny amount is being built and that has been th...

Robert Courts | 638 c69 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that interesting point, although I do not agree wi...

Matt Western | 638 c70 (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one of the best opportunities for local authorities to provide...

Robert Courts | 638 c70 (Link to this contribution)

Yes, that should certainly be encouraged if councils have assets and land in their portfolios and...

Wera Hobhouse | 638 cc70-1 (Link to this contribution)

The Bill is a welcome step towards the provision of increased security and stability when those f...

Andrew Lewer | 638 cc71-2 (Link to this contribution)

The Bill is a good example of legislation not having to be contentious to be worth while and, ind...

Matt Western | 638 cc72-3 (Link to this contribution)

I very much welcome the Bill and its variation to the Housing and Planning Act 2016. In particula...

Toby Perkins | 638 cc73-4 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to speak briefly on this Bill. Like other colleagues, I welcome the limited but important ...

Wera Hobhouse | 638 c74 (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the system would only really work if we replaced like for like...

Toby Perkins | 638 cc74-5 (Link to this contribution)

I partly agree with the hon. Lady. A big flaw in the original right to buy policy was that the sa...

Tony Lloyd | 638 cc75-7 (Link to this contribution)

I think that I can probably say without contradiction from the Chair that this has been a wide-ra...

Heather Wheeler | 638 c77 (Link to this contribution)

With the leave of the House, Madam Deputy Speaker, I am grateful to have the opportunity to respo...

Heather Wheeler | 638 c78 (Link to this contribution)

No, I will not—I have to move on.

My hon. Friend the Member for Clacton (Giles Watling) bro...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 638 c78 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the programme motion. I must inform the House that paragraph 5 of the motion on th...

Subjects
Finance Domestic abuse Local government Protection Victims Social rented housing Secure tenancies Refuges
Legislation
Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill (HL) 2017-19
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