Housing and Regeneration Bill

moved Amendment No. 15: 15: Clause 2, page 1, line 11, leave out ““improve”” and insert ““assist in improving”” The noble Lord said: This group of amendments, Amendments Nos. 15, 18 and 21, follow on from my Amendment No. 13, where I am critical of what I would call the harshness of the Bill. The way it is written, you would really think, as I have said, that the Homes and Communities Agency was the only body doing such work, when a much wider community is already, always has been, and always will be doing it. We have already had a debate about this; I do not suppose that I will get any different reply from that to Amendment No. 13, but we will need to return to the subject later. For now, unless the noble Baroness feels the need to say something more, I shall withdraw the amendment. I beg to move.