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They see homes that were part of their community and which were available for their neighbours or their sons and daughters at affordable rents being let at exorbitant rents and creaming in money, as far as they can see, through the housing benefit system.
Personally, my mother is a blue badge holder, so I have experience of how the system works; I tend to be her chauffeur. I also have a disabled son who does not qualify, so I understand both issues and see it both ways.I support Asda's desire to retain its own destiny, if you like, in the matter.
As a result of that membership, I have sons who have a healthy fascination with castles and a rather unhealthy determination to never knowingly be underarmed.This afternoon's debate has been a good one.
They may not be citizen of the year or the most pleasant people to spend time with, but they are somebody's son or daughter. Tragically, they are quite often somebody's mum or dad, and they are a death far too soon that we could do without.
I believe that there is a will to get it right, and I hope that the Government will take those suggestions on board.15:47 I find myself at both an advantage and a disadvantage in this debate, as I am a doctor’s son and therefore have much of the language of the medical profession but almost none of the understanding.
That is interesting, because it chimes with what we heard at an earlier session from a witness from the University of London.I am sure that there is a great deal of debate about when children are school ready; I remember discussing with my wife whether our youngest son was school ready. Would you raise the school-leaving age to address that issue?
It is an argument—in the interests of women and men, our daughters and our sons—that, in dealing with the lived experience of domestic abuse, we confront the ideas that trap women with violence and the messages to men that this is what they do and that they are a lesser kind of man if they are the victim of violence at the hands of a woman rather than a man...
Education should not be only for the sons and daughters of the wealthy people who support the Conservative party in ever dwindling numbers north of the border.Our universities are highly regarded.
Everyone would prefer not to have to use the NHS, but we are very grateful for it when need arises, as I found recently when I had to go to the A and E department at 2 o’clock in the morning with one of my sons. The vast majority who use the NHS have a positive experience of care provision.However, what makes the NHS perhaps unique among public bodies is th...