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Am sat in the pub doing some work; I was in work doing some work, but there's a stench of decomposing rat coming up though the floorboards, so I took refuge here instead. I'm reading up on the Right To Buy on behalf of a client, and was amused to read this exchange from the House of Lords on the topic; welcoming a new Lord speaking for the first time on the topic:
Lord Skelmersdale: My Lords, it will come as a welcome surprise to many of us to hear the Minister say that any change in policy must be evidence-based. Given that he made that remark-it is, I hope, a view that he will sustain throughout his career in the Government-can the Minister say whether the Government have any evidence as to the time the original owners of right-to-buy properties remain in those dwellings?
Lord Evans of Temple Guiting: My Lords, my naive view is that any change of policy that is not evidence-based is probably a mistake.
A noble Lord: You won't last!
Marvellous - I just love that he's not so "noble" he could resist a heckle from the wings!
Anyway, other news in brief; we've made and had accepted an offer on the house; now we just need to get the purchase sorted. 3 days until the baby, argh, Ali has now gone up North ready; I will follow her on Tuesday night.
Lord Skelmersdale: My Lords, it will come as a welcome surprise to many of us to hear the Minister say that any change in policy must be evidence-based. Given that he made that remark-it is, I hope, a view that he will sustain throughout his career in the Government-can the Minister say whether the Government have any evidence as to the time the original owners of right-to-buy properties remain in those dwellings?
Lord Evans of Temple Guiting: My Lords, my naive view is that any change of policy that is not evidence-based is probably a mistake.
A noble Lord: You won't last!
Marvellous - I just love that he's not so "noble" he could resist a heckle from the wings!
Anyway, other news in brief; we've made and had accepted an offer on the house; now we just need to get the purchase sorted. 3 days until the baby, argh, Ali has now gone up North ready; I will follow her on Tuesday night.