Mass Evictions Debated in the House of Lords

Last Thursday, Lord Bird, the 75-year-old peer secured a one-hour ‘short’ debate that discussed the risk of mass evictions resulting from COVID-19-related poverty and “What steps the government will take to prevent such evictions?”.

The debate will be attended by Lord Greenhalgh the government’s spokesman on housing in the Lord, who will respond to the question and, it is widely believed, indicate how seriously ministers at the housing and justice ministries about once again extending the evictions ban.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the risk of mass evictions resulting from COVID-19-related poverty; and what steps they will take to prevent such evictions.