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My Lords, I welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Osamor, to this House, and wish her a long and happy sojourn here. I have arrived at this issue as a relative newcomer, and now realise how fiendishly complicated it is. To state the obvious, the final objective of social housing policy is to reduce, and eventually abolish, the terrible scourge of homelessness. This requires the provision of enough...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with relevant parties concerning the proposed construction of a Holocaust memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens in London.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the suitability of Victoria Tower Gardens in London as a location for a new Holocaust memorial.
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Entered the House of Lords on 20 October 2016
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