The Times wrote some time ago, in regard to this Bill—"Mr. Gladstone's plan is invented for personal ends for a Personal Crisis".
It says, reviewing "For's and Against" - that is, for or against an autumn Budget:We feel that a disinflationary Budget will help to bring home to the people a sense of Personal Crisis.
I anticipated that the Secretary of State would make every effort to help in this officer's Personal Crisis, including representations to the Foreign Office.
Almost every broken marriage or illegitimate birth is a Serious Personal Crisis for the people involved, but we now realise in more detail, helped by the Finer Report, that there are many practical as well as emotional problems to be overcome whenever this situation arises.
Those who need a year or two to save for a deposit before buying a home of their own, those young people who want to leave home and set up on their own, those who need emergency accommodation because of a Personal Crisis such as a marriage breakdown, those who wish to move from areas of high unemployment to obtain jobs and meet the skill shortages that many Ipswich enterprises now face, all look to the privately rented sector.
Some fishermen in my constituency are facing a Personal Crisis.
Each human being thrown out of work represents an Acute Personal Crisis, with the loss of the individual's confidence, identity, and self-esteem.
That is the Immediate Personal Crisis for several of my constituents that I would like the Minister to consider.
For example, for those purchasing an immediate care plan dealing with a situation of Personal Crisis, it is of particular importance that this area is regulated.
This is not just a Personal Crisis; it is having a serious impact on the education of our children.
Very recently, I had a Personal Crisis to deal with and a potential disaster to deflect.
Furthermore,the right hon. Member for Islwyn (Mr. Touhig), when he was a Defence Minister, stated: "The purpose of compassionate leave is to allow Service personnel an authorised period of absence to enable them to attend to a Personal Crisis.
With regard to the purposes for which compassionate leave is available, compassionate leave is additional to an individual's normal leave entitlement and it is available to allow service personnel an authorised period of absence to enable them to attend to a Personal Crisis.
Although we have heard of similar cases tonight, Mike's case typifies the enormity of the Personal Crisis that faces people.
Of course it is right that we provide extra support for people in times of Personal Crisis, but it is also right to question those rates of growth.
It will help to ensure that people who find themselves in need of immediate support for their poor mental health get the right services when they need them and the help they need to move on from their episodes of Personal Crisis.
They are all dealing with what must be a very Difficult Personal Crisis for many when they cannot put food on the table.
It would be a Serious Personal Crisis for young people.
Does the Minister agree that the safety of women suffering domestic violence ought to be prioritised over their ability to access funds at a time of Personal Crisis?
I know that the hon. Gentleman has done a lot of work with the charity My Sister's Place, based in his constituency, and I agree that at a time of Personal Crisis the first thing refuges do - this will be the case for most of the refuges I have spoken to - is offer security, not ask how somebody will pay.
There is also a Personal Crisis being experienced by thousands of householders and businesses.