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Moved by
Baroness Hamwee
148: Clause 13, page 8, line 32, at end insert—
“( ) I...
My Lords, this group of amendments takes us to the provisions in the Bill on the right to rent. T...
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My Lords, the amendment in this group in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Rosser would re...
My Lords, I support the amendment about delaying the rollout of the pilot scheme. This seems to f...
My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendment 151 in particular. The pilot scheme has done nothi...
My Lords, I lend my support to the remarks made from all sides of the Chamber in support of Amend...
My Lords, I find myself in a very difficult position. I have to say to my noble friend that there...
My Lords, I disagree with an awful lot of what the noble Lord, Lord Deben, said, and in particula...
After the remarks made by the noble Lord, Lord Best, I am tempted to say that I invite the noble ...
Would the Minister talk about whether he thinks a sample size of 23 people who are visibly from a...
I will of course come to that. I realise that there are some very detailed questions and I am cer...
I did not criticise this as not being an independent group. My point was that the work should go ...
I have a reservation. The Minister said that this is being done at the social housing level. Howe...
I am very happy to take that further. First, it is worth pointing out that landlords already unde...
Can I come back to single rooms that are let in a house? I have said to the Minister that I am pe...
To save the noble Lord from jumping up and down, our concern is that this could affect some peopl...
I hear that. I am making the point that private sector landlords, in doing their due diligence on...
I want to put more about the evaluation on record. We have heard a lot from the noble Lord, Lord ...
That is an important point. Students are of course exempt because their right to be in the UK wil...
Can the Minister say a bit more about who is doing the evaluations? The points that the noble Bar...
In that respect I might suggest that the partial solution which we came across for our last debat...
My Lords, I will want to go back and read what the Minister had to say about protected characteri...
Moved by
Lord Howard of Rising
148A: Clause 13, page 9, line 28, at end insert—
My Lords, I will also speak to Amendments 150 and 150A. I declare an interest as the owner of pro...
My Lords, before I speak to my Amendment 150, supported by my noble friend Lord Howard, I would l...
Is the noble Earl aware that most illegal immigrants in Britain came legally and therefore that t...
No, I am not aware of that.
I understand that previously the Government have said that they...
My Lords, I am conscious of the time, but we need to spend just a few more minutes on this. I sha...
My Lords, this group of amendments contains some very sensible protections for landlords, who cou...
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 153 in my name and respond to the amendments spoken to by no...
Nobody here wants to protect the rogue landlords—all these amendments are about protecting the go...
I accept that, and the noble Lord is making a genuine point. Certainly that is the intent, as we ...
I am sorry to interrupt again. I understand the issue about rogue landlords, and of course one wa...
The Home Office will investigate this and present cases to the Crown Prosecution Service for a de...
I very much welcome the chance to meet my noble friend to discuss this. I point out, with regard ...
We need to avoid creating an unintentional loophole that effectively says, “We’ll ask no question...
I thank the noble Lord for his comments and for agreeing to a meeting; that is very gracious of h...
Moved by
Lord Bates
153: Clause 14, page 12, line 7, after “writing” insert “and in t...
Moved by
Baroness Hamwee
158: Clause 16, page 17, line 7, leave out paragraph (b)
...I will move Amendment 158 very briefly. This amendment came about as a result of the report of th...
My Lords, Clause 16 gives the Secretary of State the power to make such regulations as are approp...
My Lords, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.