Housing and Regeneration Bill
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Parliamentary proceeding
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702 c303-60GC
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Housing and Regeneration Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 47-EN also published.
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
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House of Lords
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
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House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c357GC (Link to this contribution)
I did not ask any other questions about Amendment No. 109ZD. The other amendment was Amendment No. 1...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c358GC (Link to this contribution)
I think that local authorities are in a particular position. It is always difficult to know how to r...
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Baroness Hamwee | 702 c354GC (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for that. The term ““mismanagement”” is defined in Clause 274. I am not sure whether, ...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c349GC (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for the Minister’s explanation. On Amendment No. 108ZBF, she talked about flexibility....
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c346GC (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for all that, and am happy with the responses to the second and third amendments. I am...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c339-40GC (Link to this contribution)
I almost feel like saying, ““Before the Minister sits down””, because I am very grateful for that ex...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c337-8GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 107D:
107D: After Clause 123, insert the following new Clause—
““Accountabilit...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c336GC (Link to this contribution)
I said that, but it could be up to 42 days. I understand what the noble Baroness is saying.
Amendme...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c333GC (Link to this contribution)
I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
[Amendment No. 105B not mov...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c331-2GC (Link to this contribution)
We have had two rather different but equally important debates. On the amendment of the noble Barone...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c329-30GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 104BB:
104BB: Clause 99, page 43, line 20, at end insert—
““( ) undertake rese...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c309GC (Link to this contribution)
I think I said that I must have fallen asleep at the end of objective 2 and not read objective 3, wh...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c306GC (Link to this contribution)
I shall speak briefly to Amendment No. 102ZD. My noble friend Lady Hamwee has already set out why th...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c360GC (Link to this contribution)
This may be an appropriate time to adjourn the Committee until 3.45 pm on Wednesday.
Baroness Andrews | 702 c357-8GC (Link to this contribution)
That is a major question. The amendment seeks to add to the list of bodies that must be consulted on...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c356GC (Link to this contribution)
I have two amendments in this group. First, I congratulate the Government, who are dealing with prob...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c358-60GC (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for her response to this group of amendments. My first amendment, Amendment No....
Baroness Andrews | 702 c352-4GC (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for the noble Baroness’s explanation of the amendments. Amendment No. 108ZFA is about ...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c352GC (Link to this contribution)
I have some amendments in this group, but first may I say how helpful it was to have the Minister’s ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c350-2GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 108ZC:
108ZC: Clause 170, page 72, line 8, at end insert—
““(1A) But a non-pro...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c355GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 108ZH:
108ZH: After Clause 174, insert the following new Clause—
““Notificatio...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c349-50GC (Link to this contribution)
Thank you. That is very helpful. On the term ““properly””, I am reassured by its use in other legisl...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c344-6GC (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for the noble Baroness’s amendment. We should put these issues on the record. An expla...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c342-3GC (Link to this contribution)
There have been some interesting contributions during this short discussion. The amendments are very...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c343GC (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Minister for his response. I am more particularly grateful to the noble Barones...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c343-4GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 108ZA:
108ZA: Clause 144, page 60, line 38, at end insert—
The noble Baroness...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c340GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 107E:
107E: Clause 127, page 53, line 17, at beginning insert ““Subject to gui...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c337GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 107C:
107C: Clause 121, page 51, line 26, at end insert—
““(3) The Secretary o...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c337GC (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Government for enabling my honourable friend to leave his mark on the legislation. I hav...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c336GC (Link to this contribution)
Amendment No. 107BC leaves intact the words ““at least”” before the 14 days. If I have understood th...
Baroness Fookes | 702 c335GC (Link to this contribution)
The Committee stands adjourned for 10 minutes, as judged by the annunciator, because the clock is no...
Viscount Eccles | 702 c334GC (Link to this contribution)
I ask that the noble Baroness gives consideration to the possibility that it is quite a serious appr...
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde | 702 c319-20GC (Link to this contribution)
My noble friend Lord Filkin said that anyone who believes in tenant empowerment will support this am...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c317-8GC (Link to this contribution)
There is a sort of parallel to this situation; it is not precise in any way at all but I think that ...
Lord Filkin | 702 c311-5GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 103B:
103B: Clause 88, page 40, line 26, at end insert ““and to devise and pro...
Viscount Eccles | 702 c332GC (Link to this contribution)
I shall await the letter with interest. It may answer questions on why this practice has become unne...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c328-9GC (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Lord for reminding me of the detail in the amendment. It still raises the...
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 702 c303GC (Link to this contribution)
I remind the Committee that if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting the Committee...
Lord Geddes | 702 c360GC (Link to this contribution)
The Committee stands adjourned until Wednesday 18 June at 3.45 pm.
Baroness Andrews | 702 c356-7GC (Link to this contribution)
I do not think that it is because these clauses are not worthy of more fundamental changes; I think ...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c358GC (Link to this contribution)
What other stakeholders does the noble Baroness have in mind? Or is that an unfair question at 7.30 ...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c355-6GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 109ZA:
109ZA: Clause 191, page 81, line 31, leave out ““complaints by tenants ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c358GC (Link to this contribution)
I am very happy to deal with unfair questions as well. I was thinking, for example, of organisations...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c354GC (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Baroness for drawing that to my attention. In that clause I was using it ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c354-5GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 108ZG:
108ZG: Clause 174, page 73, line 27, leave out from ““provider”” to ““t...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c354GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 108ZF:
108ZF: Clause 172, page 72, line 23, leave out ““non-profit””
On Quest...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c347GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 108ZBE:
108ZBE: Clause 165, page 70, line 36, leave out ““properly””
The nobl...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c347GC (Link to this contribution)
Amendment No. 108ZBEA is tabled in my name and is in this group. I am concerned with the part of the...
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde | 702 c340-1GC (Link to this contribution)
I take almost entirely the point made by the noble Lord, but I thought immediately of a situation th...
Viscount Eccles | 702 c341-2GC (Link to this contribution)
I speak in support of the amendment proposed by my noble friend Lord Dixon-Smith and also on my amen...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c336-7GC (Link to this contribution)
Given that the criteria for deregistration are very clear and are linked with criteria for registrat...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c335GC (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move that the Committee do now adjourn for a period of no longer than 10 minutes.
Viscount Eccles | 702 c334GC (Link to this contribution)
I would like to know whether it was considered that this should be done by order rather than by, I a...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c334GC (Link to this contribution)
It would be done by a written letter, not by a formal order. That is the point.
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c333GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 105A:
105A: Clause 107, page 45, line 13, at beginning insert ““In the circums...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c320GC (Link to this contribution)
I shall speak briefly because the noble Lord, Lord Best, and the noble Baroness, Lady Dean, have cov...
Lord Filkin | 702 c326-7GC (Link to this contribution)
I am particularly grateful for my noble friend’s tone and for the offer she has made to give thought...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c320-6GC (Link to this contribution)
That was an excellent debate. I am extremely grateful to my noble friend Lord Filkin for giving us t...
Lord Best | 702 c315-7GC (Link to this contribution)
I am partially but not entirely supportive of the amendment. I very much look forward to hearing how...
Viscount Eccles | 702 c318-9GC (Link to this contribution)
I support the noble Lord, Lord Filkin, although by the time I finish I am not sure he will think tha...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c328GC (Link to this contribution)
There seem to be four areas: namely, that it provides tenants with information about the exercise of...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c331GC (Link to this contribution)
When we were dealing with the accounts of the HCA, I asked the same question, and I shall ask it aga...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c330GC (Link to this contribution)
I support the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lady Hamwee. It will add a significant amount of r...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c327GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 104AA:
104AA: After Clause 88, insert the following new Clause—
““Duty to invo...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c327-8GC (Link to this contribution)
This is another extremely important issue, which is closely related to the long debate that we have ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c355GC (Link to this contribution)
The Lord Deputy Chairman will be very disappointed by this response. I ask that the Committee agrees...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c354GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 108ZD and 108ZE:
108ZD: Clause 171, page 72, line 13, leave out subsections ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c355GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 108ZJ:
108ZJ: Clause 176, page 74, line 32, at end insert—
““(1A) The regulato...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c347-9GC (Link to this contribution)
These are three forensic amendments. I am not entirely certain that the noble Baroness is going to b...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c349GC (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her explanation, which was much as I expected it to be. I re...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c346-7GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 108ZB:
108ZB: Clause 145, page 61, line 39, at end insert ““or by the regulato...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c344GC (Link to this contribution)
I have a number of amendments in the group, but I will not speak to Amendment No. 108ZBA. There have...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c338-9GC (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord has kindly explained the amendments together. Amendment No. 107D would introduce a ne...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c337GC (Link to this contribution)
To save on the letter, we intend that they are all covered; that is sensible. However, we would need...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c336GC (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her point. We take the view that it is right that deregistra...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c335-6GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 107BA:
107BA: Clause 118, page 50, line 14, leave out ““may”” and insert ““sha...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c332-3GC (Link to this contribution)
I was amused by the reference in Clause 97(4) to, "““the consent of the Secretary of State””"
to fi...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c335GC (Link to this contribution)
The point of specifying the need for some differential is that, of the 1,900 RSLs, the majority are ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c335GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 107B:
107B: Clause 117, page 50, line 7, leave out paragraph (a)
On Question,...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c334-5GC (Link to this contribution)
I have a query on Clause 117(4) which says, "““The regulator may set different fees, and make differ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c333-4GC (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 107A:
107A: Clause 117, page 50, line 5, at end insert—
““(6A) Principles do n...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c333GC (Link to this contribution)
The amendments query whether the circumstances set out in subsection (2) are the only circumstances ...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c317GC (Link to this contribution)
I am extremely glad that the noble Lord, Lord Best, went first, because I have been wondering how to...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c309-10GC (Link to this contribution)
At this stage, that is a gracious explanation. I will not reply to the amendment in that case.
I tu...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c310-1GC (Link to this contribution)
This has been an interesting and far-reaching debate. The noble Baroness talked about objective 10 b...
Viscount Eccles | 702 c330-1GC (Link to this contribution)
Amendment No. 105 in my name covers a rather different subject; I should perhaps have pointed that o...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c329GC (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for that reply and some assurances in some areas. I look forward to the amendme...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c306-9GC (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Mawson, for so seamlessly picking up our debate where we ...
Lord Mawson | 702 c303-6GC (Link to this contribution)
The key point that I was attempting to make before I was interrupted by the Division Bell is that th...
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