Member

Turning to the more difficult and emotive issue regarding carers, I hope that there is no one in the House who can doubt our commitment to carers. However, we feel it has now become a very narrow and, in reality, niche issue affecting a very limited number of people who happen to have two properties in close proximity to a person who needs care. However, we did feel it was an issue worthy of being raised, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord de Clifford, and my noble friend Lady Bowles for raising it. Thought has gone into it in the meantime. We were content with the Minister’s answers and the reason for refusal. A lot of emotive things were mentioned today, and we agree with all of them. Yes, it would be terrible if this or that happened, but this is fundamentally about expanding the repossession grounds to evict a tenant. The emotive reasons that have been mentioned could equally apply to the tenants in the existing home who are about to be evicted.