Orders of the Day — Homelessness Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:12 pm on 2 July 2001.

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Photo of Ms Oona King Ms Oona King Labour, Bethnal Green and Bow 5:12, 2 July 2001

I take the hon. Gentleman's mention of remarkable U-turns as a declaration of his acceptance of compassionate conservatism. Does he agree, therefore, that the then Conservative Government's decision to remove the protections that we are now reintroducing was indeed as pernicious as it turned out to be?