10/03/2017

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: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