BOARDER PREMIUM FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES

That this House is deeply concerned at the growing number of homeless families living in temporary accommodation, without access to independent cooking facilities, who are suffering from severe dietary and health problems; notes that these families have no resources to meet the additional costs of buying take-away food and having to eat out in cafes, and that in the majority of cases children are not getting an adequate diet; congratulates the House of Lords for supporting Lord Henderson's motion to implement a boarder premium on 6th July; and urgently calls upon her Majesty's Government to amend the 1987 income support regulations accordingly, thereby providing an extra ú10 per week to each memebr of a homeless family living in these intolerable circumstances.