Renters (Reform) Bill

I am delighted to bring the Renters (Reform) Bill back to the House on Report. I express my grati...

This morning, the Secretary of State had the brass neck to suggest that to keep his promise to ou...

As I said, we introduced the White Paper in 2022. We published the Bill just last year in 2023, a...

Since the Government promised to outlaw section 21 evictions in 2019, more than 2,000 people in E...

I absolutely accept that there is a cost. What I would say is that a system that does not work fo...

Will the Minister assure us that proper energy efficiency standards will be contained in the dece...

I commit to working with the Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, and in...

I am listening to the Minister carefully. From his contribution, we would not think that there wa...

They have not withdrawn their support. I accept their disappointment with some of the amendments ...

If the Government are putting all that money in and doing all this planning, why can the Minister...

As I have just said, we have always been clear that we will abolish section 21 when we are confid...

I welcome new clause 30, because the reality is that county courts are already under very great p...

My hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right. We have committed to making the assessment, so we...

The Minister has tried to blame the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee for this dela...

I think I have been quite clear that it is important that we see that the courts are ready for th...

The Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, the hon. Member for Sheffield S...

I do not think that it will surprise you, Madam Deputy Speaker, to learn that I entirely agree wi...

I recently met Rentstart, a homelessness organisation with a great track record of working with l...

The assessment is there purely to determine the timeliness of possession proceedings. In addition...

I have mentioned several times in debate, and in a useful meeting that I had with the Under-Secre...

I am more than happy to address those points before the end of the debate, but I think that I hav...

Before I call the shadow Minister, I remind colleagues that if they wish to intervene on a speech...

I rise on behalf of the Opposition to speak to the new clauses and amendments that stand in my na...

The hon. Member is making an interesting point about uncertainty. I understand where he is coming...

I would say two things to the hon. Gentleman, who makes a valid point. First, the Government have...

Like my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham), I understand where the hon. Gentl...

I thank the hon. and learned Gentleman for that point. We all want the processes to be quicker—I ...

All I have heard is about the importance of ensuring that the courts are functioning quickly enou...

My hon. Friend is right to highlight the impact on renters, and that is essentially what we are d...

There are many amendments on which I could speak—indeed, the book of amendments seems to be almos...

The Member is making a very important and excellent point about care leavers. Does he agree that ...

I agree with the right hon. Gentleman up to a point, and of course young people do not magically ...

Order. Before I call the next speaker, I inform the House that I will be giving priority to those...

It is disappointing that we are having to focus primarily on the Government back-pedalling on the...

I apologise for interrupting the hon. Gentleman. Given the important point he is making about red...

I think the reality is that local authorities are generally short of resources right through, as ...

I can certainly commit to working with the hon. Member and his Committee when we are at the point...

That is a helpful assurance, which I accept, and I think he has already given assurance of simila...

The hon. Gentleman makes legitimate points, and I am more than happy to meet him and the National...

I thank the Minister for that response. On that collaborative point, I will end my contribution.<...

I am very pleased to follow the Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, on ...

I am delighted to speak about this important Bill on behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Nort...

Order. Before I call the next hon. Member speaks, I have now to announce the result of today’s de...

I rise to speak to the amendments that stand in my name, as well as on a number of Government ame...

In rural areas such as mine where housing is already very expensive, more and more landlords are ...

I thank my hon. Friend for making that point. It is one that I will come on to, in terms of both ...

I wonder whether I can tease out the hon. Gentleman’s reasoning in thinking that the possibility ...

With the greatest of respect, I am saying that that is one of the reasons why I fear not having a...

As I said in my opening speech, we are exploring expediting possession for serious antisocial beh...

The Minister will find in this part of my speech we will be agreeing vehemently, although the lat...

Order. I have been listening carefully to what the hon. Gentleman has been saying. He has a range...

I thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for being so generous in your explanation on that.

The p...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. Does he agree that it is in renters’ interests, more ...

My hon. Friend is right to make that point. In essence, the Bill forbids a contract being agreed ...

Will the hon. Gentleman concede that, although in principle it is perfectly possible to imagine a...

I come at it from a different angle: we are heaping so many rules and regulations on people, and ...

The hon. Gentleman seems to be in favour of abolishing section 21, but then giving landlords the ...

The hon. Gentleman is right to make that point, and he has far greater expertise in this area tha...

My hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech and I commend him for all of his efforts on the Bill....

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that point, and it comes back to the question of tryi...

I have been listening very carefully to an excellent contribution, as always, from my hon. Friend...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I will use my constituency as an example: I have seen a signi...

The Renters (Reform) Bill had the potential to bring much-needed security and safety to renters, ...

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

It is four months since the Bill concluded in Committee and five years since the Government promi...

I have never been a landlord, but I have been a private renter and I greatly welcome some of the ...

While I respect the views of the hon. and learned Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert ...

The tendency that the hon. Gentleman refers to is not new. My daughter, who graduated in 2011 and...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. It does vary in different parts of the country, but t...

Before I start my remarks, I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial In...

I rise to speak in support of new clause 40, which stands in my name, but before I do so I will s...

I thank right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions to the debate and for their ongoing e...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

This Bill is an opportunity for us...

I am grateful to the Minister. As he knows, I tried to intervene earlier during his summing-up sp...

Large rent increases should not be used as a back-door method of eviction, but it is crucial that...

The Minister is being very generous in giving way. I am not the only person to have said that it ...

Obviously, in a number of areas we have listened to the sector and moved on from the White Paper....

Surely the whole point of a tribunal is for the tribunal judge to set what he thinks is a fair ma...

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend, and that is why we have acted in this way.

We have he...

Let me start by thanking the Clerks, the House staff and the Library specialists for facilitating...

It is a great tribute to my hon. Friend the Minister that he has got the Bill into a form that is...

With the leave of the House, I would just like to confirm to my hon. Friend the Member for Christ...