Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL]

My Amendment 150A is in this group. It probes some of the points that the noble Baroness has just mentioned. I am perhaps coming from a different point of view in that I am anticipating a wider, rather than narrower, group of people who might have the support, assistance and voice—the term we used during the Housing and Regeneration Act—of this new body. It should be made clear that those people are not a homogenous group and will have different views and interests. Even within social housing, we might be talking about ALMOs, local authorities, housing associations and the private rented sector, which we will come on to in more detail in the next group. ““Social housing”” has the meaning given to it by Section 68 of the Housing and Regeneration Act, and that definition includes low-cost home ownership, which I found a little confusing because that is ownership, not tenancy, unless one extends the interpretation to the sort of low-cost home ownership that involves a tenancy as to part. I would be grateful if the Minister will explain how that works. It all boils down to the fact that there are a lot of different interests and a lot of jobs that this new body will have to do.