Tenant Fees Bill

The hon. Lady has intervened early, and that is a point that I will come on to. I would say that ...

I congratulate the Secretary of State on his appointment. Will he explain why the impact assessme...

If the hon. Lady looks at the impact assessment, she will see that it has been calculated as a st...

The Bill is greatly welcome, but will the Secretary of State do more to bolster the consumer righ...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for highlighting that point. He will know that clauses 18 to ...

The Secretary of State is capping deposits at six weeks’ rent. Does he not agree with me and many...

The issue was considered by the Select Committee, and we have considered it carefully. We believe...

I welcome the Bill. It is crucial that we have a vibrant tenant sector and that we aid it in ever...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. Let me be clear: the Bill is not an attack on good agent...

I welcome some of the measures that the Secretary of State is taking. Nobody wants to attack good...

The Bill seeks to address the application of unfair fees by, in essence, banning all of them unle...

There are a lot of references in the Bill to upper limits and caps. Does the Secretary of State r...

We intend to provide guidance on those issues. I do not accept that that would automatically be t...

Does the Secretary of State agree that this is very much a geographical issue? In London and the ...

My hon. Friend highlights the issues that go to the heart of the Bill—that is why I hope that it ...

In respect of fees charged by letting agents, does the Secretary of State agree that there is som...

I understand. In many ways, that lies at the heart of the Bill—the way in which, effectively, the...

I congratulate the Secretary of State on his appointment and welcome my hon. Friend the Member fo...

Does the hon. Lady agree that another way the Government could follow both Labour and Green party...

Labour absolutely recognises the—[Interruption.] Before the Under-Secretary of State for Housing,...

I agree with my hon. Friend that there should be some form of adjudication or regulator, whicheve...

My hon. Friend makes a very important point and I will come on to trading standards shortly.

The Bill is obviously necessary because of the bad behaviour of some landlords and letting agents...

My hon. Friend makes a really important point. There is absolutely no point in this House taking ...

I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Despite...

The point is that poorer tenants struggle the most. That is why we are trying to make the Bill as...

Order. As colleagues can see, a number of colleagues want to get in. I would rather not impose a ...

I will make just a short contribution, Madam Deputy Speaker. I first draw the House’s attention t...

I am delighted to speak in the debate. Let me say at the outset that I welcome any moves by the G...

It is a great pleasure to speak in the debate. Like my hon. Friends the Members for Carlisle (Joh...

First, I refer to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: I own one prope...

It is a pleasure to follow the Chairman of the Select Committee, the hon. Member for Sheffield So...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman). Some Members may be wo...

I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as I am an “accide...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Walsall North (Eddie Hughes). Like him, I refer th...

The hon. Gentleman is outlining extreme circumstances for tenants who rent properties. Does he ag...

I would certainly like the Government to look at what advice and support is offered to people who...

On 3 May 2016, I led an Adjournment debate in which I called for a cap on letting agents’ fees, b...

I am grateful to be able to speak on Second Reading and to discuss an issue that is relevant at b...

Although it is true that some renters pay many hundreds of pounds in fees to letting agents, I wa...

Does my hon. Friend agree that however appropriate this legislation is—and it is appropriate—it i...

I entirely agree.

These new rules are quite complex and there will be a bureaucratic cost t...

I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.

The ...

It is a great pleasure to join this happy debate with a lot of consensus on both sides of the Hou...

I presented a petition to the House on behalf of my constituents back in June 2016, calling on th...

I congratulate the Conservative party on delivering yet another 2015 Labour election manifesto pl...

This has been an important debate, which has seen excellent contributions from across the House. ...

It is a pleasure to wind up the debate and I thank the hon. Member for Croydon Central (Sarah Jon...

On enforcement, does the Minister accept that going to a county court is quite an experience for ...

We do not fully agree with the hon. Gentleman on that particular point, but I hope he takes comfo...

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I want to ask how I might put the record straight. I have...

I think the matter has been clarified.