"To build on the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, the Government want to move asylum seekers out of hotels and into private rented accommodation, and to end rough sleeping, which means providing move-on accommodation for rough sleepers when they leave hostels. Both these groups are, by definition, on …..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"My Lords, in last Thursday’s debate on PIP, I gave examples of websites that are helping people to game the system. While applicants are entitled to professional independent advice, at least two websites advise people to tell lies to pursue a fraudulent claim. What is the noble Baroness’s department doing …..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Willetts, who has shaped progressive thinking on welfare for many years and has asked a number of penetrating questions. I also congratulate my noble friend Lady Jenkin on her choice of subject for this debate and on her …..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"My Lords, I will briefly follow in the slipstream of the noble Baronesses, Lady Tyler, Lady Pitkeathley and Lady Watkins, and speak about carers. They all spoke very movingly. I will speak in particular about young carers.
"My Lords, I am grateful for that reply. Some £250 million is locked up in child trust funds, built up by children who are now adults but have a learning disability. The Government insist that the only way that these sums can be unlocked is by going through the Court …..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in enabling access to Child Trust Funds on behalf of adults who lack mental capacity...." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"My Lords, there are 15,000 schoolchildren caring for parents and siblings for over 50 hours a week, and of those 3,000 are between the ages of five and nine. Those young carers are most at risk of missing school, being suspended and underachieving, and they are not identified for three …..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths, with his very moving personal story of the impact that homelessness had on him as a child. It is worth placing on record that 175,000 children today are living in temporary accommodation and going through what …..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech
"My Lords, I intervene briefly to speak to my noble friend’s Amendment 63A, on innovation and new technology. This country has had a fine tradition of both innovation and technology in the railways, right from the beginning. We have had the finest engineers—in Victorian times, and then, in the last …..." Lord Young of Cookham - View Speech