Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 1 October 2019, in the House of Lords, led by Viscount Younger of Leckie.

Homeless People: Prevention of Deaths

Lords statement on the Government's action to prevent the deaths of people who are homeless.

Secondary information

Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 799 cc1624-7
Session: 2017-19
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Homelessness Reduction Act 2017
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Written questions
House of Lords; Homelessness
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Written questions
House of Lords; Deposited Paper DEP2019-0952
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Viscount Younger of Leckie | 799 cc1624-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer gi...; Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 799 c1625 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, first, I draw to the attention of the House my relevant interest as a vice-president of...; Viscount Younger of Leckie | 799 c1625 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, and the rest of the House that one death in this way i...; Baroness Pinnock | 799 c1625 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my local government interests. While the Minister has u...; Viscount Younger of Leckie | 799 c1626 (Link to this contribution)
This matter has not particularly come up in my brief. It was discussed, but I do not agree with i...; Lord Young of Cookham | 799 c1626 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the extra £54 million in last month’s spending review to combat rough sleepin...; Viscount Younger of Leckie | 799 c1626 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my noble friend for that. I believe that he raised this in a debate, I think last week. I...; Earl of Listowel | 799 c1626 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Government recognise in their strategy that 10% of rough sleepers in London come fr...; Viscount Younger of Leckie | 799 c1626 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Earl makes a good point. It is very important that we have skilled people on the ground...; Lord Rooker | 799 c1627 (Link to this contribution)
I do not have anything to declare, other than the period of 2003-05 when I had ministerial respon...; Viscount Younger of Leckie | 799 c1627 (Link to this contribution)
I do not believe so. I take note of what the noble Lord said about his experience, but I do think...; Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 799 c1627 (Link to this contribution)
Does the Minister agree that we owe a great debt to the many voluntary organisations that are fil...; Viscount Younger of Leckie | 799 c1627 (Link to this contribution)
It is important to be clear on the facts. A reduction is still a reduction, but I am also very cl...
Subjects: Alcoholic drinks Death Finance Drugs Homelessness Misuse Weather Temporary accommodation Sleeping rough
Contains statistics: Yes
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Homeless People: Prevention of Deaths

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