:29:16. > :29:26.... The people out there who have suffered from repeated bad decisions
:29:27. > :29:30.when they have applied for disability benefits and other
:29:31. > :29:33.benefits will not trust them. Is it not the case that the homeless to
:29:34. > :29:41.reduce have pointed out this is likely to increase homelessness? --
:29:42. > :29:45.the homeless charities. There is a quote from the National landlords
:29:46. > :29:50.association which says, or the vandals will hear is that 18-21
:29:51. > :29:54.-year-olds are no longer entitled to housing benefit and they just
:29:55. > :30:01.weren't considered them a tenant -- all the landlords will hear. The
:30:02. > :30:04.government has heard this and they will be working with stakeholders
:30:05. > :30:08.like the National landlords Association and others to develop
:30:09. > :30:11.appropriate engagement for those landlords to make them understand
:30:12. > :30:16.how the new roles are going to operate. As I said, there are
:30:17. > :30:18.protections built into this which means no one who has to move away
:30:19. > :30:28.from home suffers. -- rolls. We should not have the perverse
:30:29. > :30:30.incentive for people to move away from home, to live on benefits at
:30:31. > :30:57.the expense of the taxpayer. Parliament is all about picking a
:30:58. > :31:03.side. Which party do you join? Left or right? But what if you are not a
:31:04. > :31:09.political animal or see yourself above the party system. In the House
:31:10. > :31:12.of Lords there is a third way. Those who picked the different path sit
:31:13. > :31:16.here, right across the middle of the chamber. They are known as
:31:17. > :31:23.crossbenchers, who don't belong to any political party. They are not a
:31:24. > :31:27.small group, there is over 180 of them so they are a force to be
:31:28. > :31:32.reckoned with. They often meet to discuss upcoming debates but don't
:31:33. > :31:34.take a collective view so they can often split and vote different ways
:31:35. > :31:36.on the same