Question 4 Mary Mcleoud or any Tory/Lib Dem Member...
After the following was stated at PMQ's Last week:Q15. [162817] Pat Glass (North West Durham) (Lab): The bedroom tax is turning into a disaster in constituencies such as mine. Families are moving out of good-quality social housing and into the private rented sector at a greater cost to the taxpayer. Three and four-bedroom houses are now standing empty and are classed as hard to let. I even have pensioners approaching me saying that they want to downsize but cannot because small properties are prioritized for families. Is this not turning into a disaster for the taxpayer, as well as for families?The Prime Minister: This is fair for the taxpayer. We do not give a spare room subsidy to people in private sector accommodation, so we should not give a spare room subsidy to people in council accommodation. The question now is for the Opposition. We have decided to remove the spare room subsidy. They now say they support our spending changes—well, they did for about five minutes last week. Is that still the case, or are they committed to repealing this? There is absolutely no answer.Q. What does this mean? Will the Con/Libs being Getting rid of this Bedroom tax and when??
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